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Define the ‘Specific Heat Capacity’ of a substance
What is the unit of power?
State 4 different stores of energy?
Few examples of chemical energy stores.
Give 2 equations for power
What is the definition of Power?
What is the equation for gravity potential energy?
What is the equation for elastic potential energy?
What is the equation for kinetic energy?
What is the law of energy conservation?
What is waste energy?
State two equations to calculate efficiency.
Give 3 methods of reducing heat loss in a building?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be ?
When different parts of a substance are at different temperatures, energy is transferred from ?
When heat is transferred between solids the process is called ?
Liquids and gases can flow and so can transfer energy by ?
Energy can travel through a vacuum by ?
When energy is transferred only some it of is useful, the rest is transferred in some non-useful way, usually as ?
Energy lost from a system becomes increasingly spread out and it is therefore ?
The efficiency of a device is calculated by finding the ratio ?
Renewable energy resources are ones which can be ?
Coal, oil and natural gas are all examples of ?
Wind, wave, tidal, geothermal and solar energy are examples of ?
In most power stations, energy from fuel is used to ?
Nuclear power stations use nuclear fuel, mainly ?
When different parts of a substance are at different temperatures, energy is transferred from ?
When heat is transferred between solids the process is called ?
Liquids and gases can flow and so can transfer energy by ?
Energy can travel through a vacuum by ?
When energy is transferred only some it of is useful, the rest is transferred in some non-useful way, usually as ?
Energy lost from a system becomes increasingly spread out and it is therefore ?
The efficiency of a device is calculated by finding the ratio ?
Renewable energy resources are ones which can be ?
Coal, oil and natural gas are all examples of ?
Wind, wave, tidal, geothermal and solar energy are examples of ?
In most power stations, energy from fuel is used to ?
Nuclear power stations use nuclear fuel, mainly ?
When different parts of a substance are at different temperatures, energy is transferred from ?
When heat is transferred between solids the process is called ?
Liquids and gases can flow and so can transfer energy by ?
Energy can travel through a vacuum by ?
When energy is transferred only some it of is useful, the rest is transferred in some non-useful way, usually as ?
Energy lost from a system becomes increasingly spread out and it is therefore ?
The efficiency of a device is calculated by finding the ratio ?
Renewable energy resources are ones which can be ?
Coal, oil and natural gas are all examples of ?
Wind, wave, tidal, geothermal and solar energy are examples of ?
In most power stations, energy from fuel is used to ?
Nuclear power stations use nuclear fuel, mainly ?
Geothermal energy comes from ?
Electricity can be produced directly from the Sun's radiation using ?
Burning fossil fuels releases a gas called ?
Nuclear power stations do not produce harmful gases. The main risk is from ?
The main disadvantage of nuclear power is ?
Wind power is being developed in the UK. What are the main drawbacks?
A tidal barrage across a river estuary can produce a lot of energy. Why don't we have lots of them?
Hydroelectricity is a good way of producing cheap electricity. What are the drawbacks?
Why are coal-fired power stations running all the time?
Energy is normally measured in ?
The rate at which energy is transferred is ?
The unit of power is ?
Power =
The energy stored in an object which has been lifted against the force of gravity is ?
Gravitational potential energy =
Weight =
The gravitational field strength at the surface of the Earth is approximately ?
A body falling freely in Earth's gravity will accelerate at ?
The energy an object has because of its movement is called ?
Kinetic energy =
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