Energy and Temperature

Cards (11)

  • Energy
    Measured in joules
  • Energy stores
    • Chemical
    • Thermal
    • Kinetic
    • Gravitational potential
    • Elastic potential
  • Thermal energy store
    • Particles vibrate more or more more
    • Object's temperature increases
  • Temperature
    Measured using a thermometer
  • Energy transfer
    Can only be transferred from hot objects to cooler objects
  • At equilibrium
    Objects are the same temperature and no more energy is transferred between them
  • Chemical energy
    • Stored in food and fuels
  • Thermal energy
    • Stored in hot objects
  • Kinetic energy

    • Stored in moving objects
  • Gravitational potential energy
    Energy stored due to the position of an object in its gravitational field (the higher the object is from the ground, the higher the amount of energy it will have stored in its gravitational potential energy store)
  • Elastic potential energy
    Energy stored in stretching or compressing elastic objects