Energy

Lesson 1 Food and fuels Kerboodle pages 140 - 141

What is the unit of energy?
How many joules (J) are in a kilojoule (kJ)?
Give three reasons why humans need energy?
Lesson 2 Energy adds up
The unit of energy is joules (J)
There are 1000 joules in a kilojoule.
I kJ = 1000 J
To keep your body warm, to breathe, to move, to
talk , to grow
Kerboodle pages 142 - 143

What is the law of the conservation of energy? Energy cannot be created of destroyed, only
transferred.
What is a chemical store? The energy stored in food or fuels

Complete the table

Energy to do with.. Type of store Energy to do with.. Type of store

food, fuel, batteries food, fuel, batteries Chemical
hot objects hot objects thermal
moving objects moving objects kinetic
position in a position in a gravitational gravitational
gravitational field field potential
Changing shape, Changing shape, elastic
stretching or stretching or squashing
squashing

State three ways that energy can be transferred.
What does The energy has dissipated mean?
Lesson 3 Energy and Temperature
Energy can be transferred by electric current, light
and sound
The energy has been given off as heat to the
surroundings.
Kerboodle pages 144 - 145

How do you measure temperature? You cannot measure temperature with your skin.
You use a thermometer
What is the unit of temperature? Degrees Celsius (oC)

What happens when things heat up?
Hot objects cool down because
When will objects be in equilibrium?
Lesson 4 Energy transfer: particles.
The particles vibrate more
The particles spread out.
Hot objects cool down because energy is
transferred from the hot object to the colder
object.
Objects will be in equilibrium when no more
energy is being transferred and both objects are
the same temperature.
Kerboodle pages 146 - 147

What is conduction? Conduction is when energy is transferred trough

an objects. The energy is transferred from particle
to particle.
Why is metal a good conductor? Metal is a good conductor because energy is
transferred through it quickly.
What is a insulator? An insulator is an object where energy cannot pass
through it easily. Liquids and gases are good
insulators.
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What is a convection current?
Lesson 5 Energy transfer: radiation
How is energy transfer by radiation different to
concution and convection?
What type of radiation does the sun give out?
How do light and infrared radiation travel?
Why might you feel hotter in the summer if you
wear dark clothes?
Lesson 6 Energy resources
Name the three fossil fuels
Why are fossil fuels non-renewable?
Put these statements in order to explain how a
power station works.
The steam turns the turbine
A fuel heats water to produce steam
The turbine drives the generator
Give one problem with burning fossil fuels.
What does renewable mean?
Name seven renewable energy resources
Lesson 7 Energy and power
What does the power rating of a microwave tell
you?
What is the unit of power rating?
What is the equation for power?
How do you calculate the energy used in kilowatt
hours (kWh)?
Lesson 8 Work, energy and machines
In physics what does work mean?
How do you calaculate work done?
Name two types of simple machines
Both machines are force muliplies. What does this
mean?
A convection current occurs when heated particles
become less dense and rise and cooler, denser
particles sink.
Kerboodle pages 148 - 149
You do not need particles to radiate energy.
Infrared radiation (thermal radiation)
Light and infrared radiation both travel as waves
Dark colours absorb infrared radiation and light or
shiny surfaces reflect them.
Kerboodle pages 150 - 151
Coal, oil and gas
Fossil fuels will run out as you cannot make them
easily.
2 The steam turns the turbine
1 A fuel heats water to produce steam
3 The turbine drives the generator
Fossil fuels produce a lot of carbon dioxide which is
a greenhouse gas so it can contribute to climate
change.
Renewable means that the energy resource will
not run out.
Wind, tidal, waves, biomass, solar,
hydroelectricity, geothermal
Kerboodle pages 152 - 153
Power rating tells you how much energy the
microwave can transfer per second
Power rating is measured in Watts (W)
Power = energy time
Energy used in kWh = energy used (Kw) x number
of hours
Kerboodle pages 154 - 155
Work is another way of transferring energy
When you lift a book you do work against gravity.
Work done (J) = force (N) x distance (m)
Levers and gears are two simple machine
Gears and levers make forces bigger.