Energy and Heat: Key Concepts and Conversions
Questions
Describe how energy can be converted from one form to another in a wind-up toy. Elastic potential energy stored in the wound-up spring is converted to kinetic energy as the spring unwinds and the toy moves.
What is the law of conservation of energy state? Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
As an object falls in free fall, what energy change is taking place? Gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy as the object falls.
What did Einstein conclude about the relationship
British Slang and Phrases: Meanings
This is a list of British slang words and phrases with their meanings:
- A tidy packet: A lot of money.
- Aerial: A piece of equipment made of wire or long, straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals.
- At an angle: Diagonally.
- Breeches: Short trousers/pants fastened just below the knee.
- Buckle: A piece of metal at the end of a belt which is used to fasten it.
- Buttercup: A wild plant with small, shiny, yellow flowers that are shaped like cups.
- Carbon copy: A copy of a document,
Pre-Socratic Philosophers: Monists and Pluralists
Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Monists
Thales of Miletus
Thales, the founder of this philosophy, proposed water as the fundamental principle (arche). He believed the Earth rested on water and that inanimate objects possessed souls, based on observations of magnets and amber. He also posited that water was the principle of all elements and that the cosmos was animated and full of divine power.
Anaximander of Miletus
Anaximander, a companion of Thales, argued for a single, moving, and infinite principle called
Read MoreThermal Physics: Heat, Temperature, and Energy Transfer
Internal Energy, Heat, and Temperature
Internal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy of the particles within a substance.
Heat is the transfer of thermal energy.
Temperature is the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
Heating is the transfer of thermal energy from a hotter substance to a colder substance.
0°C = 273K
Laws of Thermodynamics
Zeroth Law
If thermal equilibrium exists between two objects, then they have the same temperature. No thermal energy will flow between
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Resistivity of Materials
Order the following materials from highest to lowest resistivity:
- Granite and sand (1500-10000 Ωm)
- Limestone (1000-5000 Ωm)
- Modified Granite and sand (100-600 Ωm)
- Peat (5-100 Ωm)
- Clay (50 Ωm)
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Neutral
Read MoreUnderstanding Electricity: Charges, Conductors, and Coulomb’s Law
The word electricity comes from the Greek word “elektron.” There are two types of electric charges: positive and negative. The origin of electric charge is the atom.
Electric Charge and Atomic Structure
The proton has a positive electric charge, the neutron has no electric charge, and both are located in the nucleus. The electron has a negative electric charge and orbits the nucleus. A neutral atom has an equal number of electrons and protons. If an object’s atoms lose electrons, it will have an excess
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