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Physics - Everyday Electrical Transfers
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When you consider all the everyday appliances that run off electricity, like light bulbs, TVs, refrigerators, CD players, radios, computers, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, the internet etc, it's hard to imagine life without electricity. Think of how important they are in your life - music/TV/Internet on demand, ice cream staying solid in the freezer, light to read by in the evening. Put simply, the convenience and usefulness of mains electricity to our way of life and standard of living is major.
1 .
What is the energy transfer that an electric guitar is designed to make?
Kinetic to sound
Kinetic to elastic potential
Kinetic to electrical
Electrical to sound
You have British scientist Michael Faraday to thank for this - he discovered that moving a wire in a magnetic field transferred kinetic energy into electrical energy. The guitar strings vibrate (kinetic energy) and as they move past the magnetic pickup, a small electrical current is generated. This can then be transferred into sound using an amplifier and loudspeaker
2 .
Which of the following represents the energy transfers in a food mixer?
Electrical to heat
Electrical to light and sound
Electrical to kinetic
Electrical to kinetic, sound and heat
OK, if there is an LED indicator or small lamp to show it's on, there is light energy too!
3 .
What are the alternative names of the energy of movement, thermal energy and radiant energy which are all types of energy that are transferred from electrical energy by domestic appliances?
Heat, light, sound
Kinetic, heat, sound
Kinetic, heat, light
Light, magnetic, heat
You are quite likely to see these alternatives used in exam questions
4 .
In developing countries, many homes do not yet have a source of mains electricity and need to rely on batteries. Batteries store which type of energy?
Chemical
Electrical
Potential
Light
The chemical energy is transferred into electrical energy by the chemical reactions that take place when the battery is connected to a complete circuit
5 .
Energy can be transferred usefully, stored or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed. In the context of the above sentence, dissipated means what?
Energy is lost into the surroundings
Energy is lost into the ground
Energy is lost into the air
Energy is recycled
The second and third answers are partially true but the first one takes care of every case
6 .
When energy has been dissipated, it:
can be recycled
can be recovered using a device called a heat pump
becomes spread out and less useful
is destroyed
Because it is now so spread out, it is very hard to use it for anything else
7 .
A wind-up radio was invented to help people living in communities where it is not always possible to buy batteries. Which of the following represent the main energy changes in such a device?
Chemical and internal to electrical
Gravitational potential to electrical and heat
Elastic potential to kinetic, electrical and sound
Gravitational potential to chemical, electrical and sound
The operator uses a handle to tighten a spring that powers a clockwork mechanism. When the spring is released, the clockwork mechanism turns a small generator to produce the small electrical current that powers the radio
8 .
Digital mp3 players have almost completely replaced portable CD players. When you compare the energy transfers, which of the following types of energy is found in one but not the other?
Electrical
Heat
Sound
Kinetic
The energy transfers of a CD player are electrical to heat, kinetic (to spin the CD round) sound and light (to display track information). Nothing needs to be moved to create the music in an mp3 player
9 .
An air source heat pump is an electrically powered device that recovers heat energy from the air. For every kilowatt of electrical energy used, it provides three kilowatts of heat energy. Some homes are heated using a heat pump. Which of the following is not an advantage of using such an appliance when compared with the alternative of using a fossil fuel powered boiler?
Saves money
Saves time
Reduces pollution
It is very efficient
Using any central heating system neither wastes time nor saves time. Since it is efficient, it reduces the amount of energy used by a home, which is good for the environment and saves money at the same time
10 .
What are the two most common forms of waste energy?
Heat and light
Heat and sound
Light and sound
Light and kinetic
All electrical devices produce heat which spreads out into the surroundings. Electrical devices with moving parts also create sound energy, which is normally a waste energy
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