GCSE AQA Physics

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GCSE Science Mind Map on GCSE AQA Physics, created by Kate Ordidge on 05/05/2015.
Kate Ordidge
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GCSE AQA Physics
  1. Energy transfers
    1. Energy can be transformed from one form to another.
      1. It involves changing one form of energy into more than one form of energy.
        1. Examples: Match head (chemical) = light + heat. Solar power music box (light) = sound.
        2. Energy efficiancy
          1. A measure of how well an object uses the energy that is supplied to it.
            1. Calculated by: Efficiency = useful energy transferred by the device % total energy supplied to the device x100
              1. Examples: 60J useful + 200J supply. Efficiency = 60%20 x100 = 80%
              2. Cost/paying for electricity
                1. E=PxT. Energy (kilowatt hours - KWH). Power (kilowatt - KW). Time (hours - H)
                  1. cost = number of units (energy transferred) x cost per unit.
                    1. Examples: 0.5 KW x 2 H = 1 KWH. 1 unit = 8p cost = 1x8 = 8p.
                    2. Most Kids Hate Learning GCSE Energy Names.
                      1. Magnetic, Kinetic, Heat, Light, Gravitational, Chemical, Sound, Elastic potential, Electrical, Nuclear.
                      2. Sankey diagrams
                        1. 100J input, 10J output, 90J wasted. Efficiency = useful%total x100.
                        2. Renewable energy
                          1. Solar
                            1. Sun's heat and light are turned into: electrical energy by solar cells, or used to heat water in homes using solar panels.
                              1. Advantages: Renewable + no pollution.
                                1. Disadvantages: Expensive + unreliable
                              2. Wind
                                1. Wind turbines turn kinetic energy into electrical.
                                  1. Advantages: Renewable, no pollution, cheap, easy to build, nothing burnt.
                                    1. Disadvantages: unreliable + noisy/ugly.
                                  2. Tidal
                                    1. High tide the water is trapped behind a dam. Tide goes out, the turbine moves making the generator make electrical energy.
                                      1. Advantages: Renewable, no pollution, reliable, cheap to run.
                                        1. Disadvantages: flooding + expensive to build.
                                      2. Geothermal
                                        1. Turn heat energy from the Earth's rocks into electrical.
                                          1. Advantages: renewable, no pollution.
                                            1. Disadvantages: Hard to put in place, expensive.
                                          2. Biomass
                                            1. Plant's Chemical energy turned into heat/electrical.
                                              1. Advantages: renewable, easily used.
                                                1. Disadvantages: large areas of land are needed.
                                              2. Hydroelectric
                                                1. Dam transfers rivers kinetic energy into electrical.
                                                  1. Advantages: Renewable, no pollution, store water.
                                                    1. Disadvantages: expensive to build, ruin environment.
                                                  2. Wave
                                                    1. Machines turn the waves kinetic energy into electrical.
                                                      1. Advantages: renewable, no pollution, nothing burned.
                                                        1. Disadvantages: needs lots of machines, expensive, machines look ugly, damage.
                                                    2. Non-renewable energy
                                                      1. Coal, oil and gas are all fossil fules. They are burned to make heat. Nuclear reactions in nuclear fules release heat.
                                                        1. Chemical energy is stored in fossil fules.
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