Energy Transformations
The SI unit for both work and energy
What is Joule (J)?
KE = 1 2 mass × velocity 2
What is the formula for kinetic energy?
Energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.
Gravitational potential energy.
A method of heat transfer only involving electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
the transfer of thermal energy from one place to another
What is heat?
P = W/T
What is the formula for Power?
A resource that cannot be replenished in a short amount of time
What is nonrenewable resource?
A person or object has potential energy because of its ______.
What is position and/or shape
PE = M x H.
What is the formual for potential energy?
Nuclear reaction in which large atoms break into smaller atoms, releasing energy
What is Fission?
Using a solar-powered calculator.
Solar energy -> electrical energy ->light energy
the total energy of any closed system, including all internal kinetic and potential energy of the system
What is thermal energy?
C₆H₁₂O₆
What is the equation for glucose?
The process in which plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
What is Photosynthesis?
A solar panel on the roof of a building used to heat and cool the building.
Solar energy -> electrical energy
when two or more elements of a closed physical system have the same thermal energy
What is thermal equilibrum?
ΔE = Q – W
What is the formula for thermodynamics?
The sun is an example of this type of energy.
Heat, Solar, Nuclear and Gravitational
Energy can be not be created or destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy.