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- 1Steam EngineAn invention that uses air pressure, evaporation and condensation to power something. Used for many different purposes
- 2Phlogiston TheoryThe idea that heat is a liquid that has mass
- 3Caloric TheoryThe idea that heat is a liquid that has no mass
- 4HeatMovement of thermal energy
Cannot be a possession - 5Hero of AlexandriaMade the first steam engine in the form of a bronze toy
- 6Savery Steam EngineSteam engine that was first used for work: pumping water in mines
- 7Newcomen Steam EngineModified Savery steam engine that has a piston and does not need human labour
- 8Watt Steam EngineModified Newcomen steam engine with two pistons that provide dual continuous action from machine
- 9Steam-Turbine EnginesFan shaped blades in a wheel that rotate in sets in opposite directions
Does not use pistons - 10WorkWork done is calculated by force x distance (or displacement). It is measured in Joules
- 11GRASPGiven information
Required information
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Paraphrase your answer - 12CalorieThe amount of energy added to 1g of water to increase its temperature by 1 degrees Celsius
- 13Law of Conservation of EnergyEnergy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be converted from one form to another
- 14Kinetic EnergyThe energy of motion
- 15Kinetic-Molecular TheoryMolecules in gaseous form are constantly in motion
Related to thermal energy - 16Thermal energyThe energy related to the continual movement of particles
- 17Specific Heat CapacityThe amount of heat required to raise 1g of a substance 1 degrees Celsius
- 18TemperatureA measure of the average kinetic energy in a substance
- 19ThermodynamicsA specific section of physics that looks into force and motion and its relations with heat and thermal energy
- 20First Law of ThermodynamicsEnergy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can transferred through forms and objects
- 21Second Law of ThermodynamicsIt is not possible for any process to remove thermal energy from an energy source and convert it entirely into work
- 22CombustionThe burning of a compound with oxygen.
An exothermic reaction - 23PhlogistonAn invisible liquid (with mass) that comes out of substances as heat
- 24CaloricAn invisible liquid (with no mass) that comes out of a substance as heat
- 25Charles ParsonsThe person who perfected the steam turbine engine
- 26First Theories of HeatFIRE
Hot Dry
AIR EARTH
Wet Cold
WATER - 27Early relationships of Thermal Energy1. Heat is equivalent to energy
2. Heat is related to energy - 28ScalarA quantity that describes a size or amount, but has no direction
- 29VectorA quantity that describes a size or amount as well as direction
- 30DistanceA scalar quantity that describes the length of a path between two points
- 31DisplacementA vector quantity that describes the straight line or shortest possible distance from one point to another
- 32PositionA vector quantity that describes the location of a chosen point relative to a reference point
- 33SpeedA scalar quantity that describes how fast or slow something is going in relativity to the distance and time
- 34VelocityA vector quantity that describes the displacement of an object in relativity to time
- 35TimeA scalar quantity that describes a point in time as it relates to the reference or starting point
- 36Time IntervalScalar quantity that describes the difference between two times
- 37Uniform MotionA type of motion where there is no change in velocity, it is constant
- 38Line of best fitA scientific tool to get the best results possible from a graph
- 39AccelerationAny change in the velocity of an object during a time interval
- 40Potential EnergyAn energy that an object has when doing work. Examples are gravitational, chemical, elastic, and nuclear potential energy
- 41Elastic Potential EnergyThe potential energy that is stored in an elastic medium
- 42Chemical Potential EnergyThe potential energy that is stored in bonds
- 43Nuclear Potential EnergyThe potential energy that is stored in the nucleus
- 44GravityA force that acts upon every object that has mass on a planet
- 45Acceleration due to GravityAn equation of how fast something falls because of gravity: g=9.81m/s ^2
- 46Gravitational Potential EnergyThe potential energy of an object falling down or the work done vertically
- 47Equation for WorkW=F x d
- 48Equation for SpeedV=d/t
- 49Equation for Velocity> >
V=d/t - 50Equation for Average SpeedVave=total d/total t
- 51Equation for Average Velocity> >
Vave=total d/total t - 52Equation for Kinetic EnergyK=1/2mv^2
- 53Equation for Work and Change in an EnergyW=(delta)E
- 54Equation for Potential EnergyU=mgh
- 55Useful energyThe amount of energy gained from doing work that can be used to power something and is not 'lost' or wasted
- 56EfficiencyHow well a machine or object does its job based on the input and the useful output. Nothing is 100% efficient
- 57Input EnergyThe type and amount of energy that is used to run, power or fuel and object so that it can do work
- 58Output energyThe type and amount of energy that is a product of an object doing work. Output energy almost always contains thermal energy, or heat
- 59Resting PositionWhen an object is not moving or doing work; when there is no energy being released or absorbed
- 60Waste HeatA by-product of machines or objects doing work
- 61CogenerationA factory built to save energy by doing an energy conversion and using a by-product or the waste to power something different
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