Energy changes

Cards (7)

  • Energy stores
    • Kinetic
    • Thermal
    • Magnetic
    • Elastic potential
    • Gravitational potential
    • Electrostatic
    • Chemical
    • Nuclear
  • Law of conservation
    Energy can be stored, transferred between stores and dissipated, however it CANNOT be created or destroyed. The total energy of a closed system DOES NOT change.
  • Work done = force x distance
    J or Nm = N x m
  • GPE = m x g x h
    J or Nm = kg x N/kg x m
  • Area under a graph = work done (energy transferred)
  • EPE = 1/2 x k x x2
    J or Nm = 1/2 x Nm x m2
  • KE = 1/2 x m x v2
    J = 1/2 x g x (m/s)2