Energy Transfers and Stores in Physics Worksheets
The content includes exam-style questions, answers, in-lesson questions, and independent practice activities related to energy transfers, stores, and pathways in physics. Students can learn about various types of energy stores, such as kinetic, gravitational potential, chemical, and thermal, as well as how energy is transferred between them through mechanical work, electrical work, and light. The worksheets help students understand the concept of energy transformations in different scenarios and provide opportunities for independent practice and application of knowledge.
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Combined science - Physics - Key stage 4 - Energy Energy transfers - worksheet Dr Fishwick
Exam style question 1. A car has a energy in its kinetic store as it is moving at 20 m/s. The driver applies the brakes and brings the car to a stop. Describe the energy transfers that take place. 2 2
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Q1. Energy is transferred from the kinetic store of the car to the thermal store 1 by mechanical working 1 4
In lesson questions The following slides were the questions used throughout the lesson. 5
Match the store to the description Store Description Chemical an object where the height has changed. Elastic potential an object that is moving. Electric-magnetic the state or temperature of an object. Gravitational potential an object moving back and forth. Kinetic objects that are being stretched or compressed. Nuclear energy stored in the molecules of an object. Thermal stored within the nuclei of atoms. Vibrational stored between charges or magnets being separated. 6
Independent practice 1. 2. What are the 4 pathways for transferring energy? 3. Which of the 4 pathways involves a force doing work on an object? 4. Which of the 4 pathways can involve light shining on an object? What are the 8 stores of energy? 7
Independent practice Identify the stores and pathways involved in the following examples 1. Describing a ball being dropped: Before we let go the ball has a gravitational store of energy. As the force of gravity does mechanical work on the ball making it fall, the gravitational store empties and the kinetic store increases. When it hits the ground, the thermal store of the surroundings increases by heating and the kinetic store of the ball decreases. 2. Describing a mass being lifted by a battery powered motor Before being turned on, the battery has a filled chemical store. When turned on, the chemical store is decreased by electrical working to turn the motor. This causes the mass to raise by mechanical work and increase its gravitational store. 8
Independent practice Describe the stores and transfers for each. Represent the changes in a chart chemical chemical Thermal Thermal Thermal chemical 1. A candle is lit, and burned before being blown out. 2. A bungee jumper jumping from a height and stopping at the bottom of the jump Credit: Dr Fishwick 9
Independent practice 1. A wind up car going up a ramp. When it is wound up, a spring inside is stretched. When the spring is released it causes the car to move. Spring is wound up at the bottom Car travels up ramp Car is stationary at top of ramp 10
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Review Store Description Gravitational potential an object where the height has changed. Kinetic an object that is moving. Thermal the state or temperature of an object. Vibrational an object moving back and forth. Elastic potential objects that are being stretched or compressed. Chemical energy stored in the molecules of an object. Nuclear stored within the nuclei of atoms. Electric-magnetic stored between charges or magnets being separated. 12
Review 1. What are the 8 stores of energy? Electric-magnetic, kinetic, thermal, vibrational, elastic potential, gravitational potential, chemical, nuclear 2. What are the 4 pathways for transferring energy? Radiation, heating, mechanical, electrical 3. Which of the 4 pathways involves a force doing work on an object? mechanical 4. Which of the 4 pathways can involve light shining on an object? radiation 13
Review Identify the stores and pathways involved in the following examples 1. Describing a ball being dropped: Before we let go the ball has a gravitational store of energy. As the force of gravity does mechanical work on the ball making it fall, the gravitational store empties and the kinetic store increases. When it hits the ground, the thermal store of the surroundings increases by heating and the kinetic store of the ball decreases. 2. Describing a mass being lifted by a battery powered motor Before being turned on the battery has a filled chemical store. When turned on the chemical store is decreased, by electrical working to turn the motor. This causes the mass to raise by mechanical work and increase its gravitational store. 14
Stores pathways Review 1. Energy is stored in the chemical store of the candle, it is then transferred by heating to the thermal store of the surroundings. chemical chemical chemical Thermal Thermal Thermal 15
Stores pathways Review 1. Energy is initially stored in the gravitational store of the person. It is then transferred by mechanical working as the student falls to eventually filling the elastic store of the rope. Elastic Elastic GPE GPE Credit: Dr Fishwick 16
Stores pathways Review The energy is initially stored in the elastic potential store of the spring. When this is released it does mechanical work and causes the car to move, increasing its kinetic store. As the car moves up the hill mechanical work is done against gravity to transfer this energy to the gravitational store of the car. When it has stopped all the energy is now stored in the gravitational store of the car. GPE GPE Elastic Elastic Elastic KE GPE KE KE 17
