Sunday, February 22, 2015

Chapter 8 Notes Pt. 2

8.8 ENERGY
·        The Six Types of Energy and the Units used
Ø  Work: (W) energy expended by exertion of a force.
Ø  Potential Engery: (PE) a form of work done by moving a weight.
Ø  Kinetic Energy: (KE) a form of energy possessed by an object in motion.
Ø  Thermal Energy: (Q) or heat, is energy associated with a change in temperature.
8.9 POWER
·        Power
Ø  Power is defined as energy per time.
Ø  Power = energy / time
Ø  W = J / s
Ø  SI unit of power is watt
Ø  Power is the rate at which energy is delivered over time.
8.11 ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS
·        Electric Concepts (electric charge, electric current, voltage, electric resistance, electric power)
Ø  Electric Charge: Physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. There are two types of electric charges: positive and negative.
Ø  Electric Current: measured in aperes. A flow of electric charge.
Ø  Voltage: is quantified using units of volts, and is an electromotive force of potential difference expressed in volts. (amasci.com/miscon/voltage.html) Voltage is what pushes the charges around to create current.
Ø  Electric Resistance: Repulsion of a current within a circuit. Resistance is quantified using ohms. One ohm is defined as one volt per ampere.
Ø  Electric Power: The rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is watt. (One joule per second)
·        Discuss resistors
Ø  A device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current.
Ø  They act to reduce current flow and act to lower voltage levels within circuits.
·        Discuss capacitors
Ø  A device used to store an electric charge, consisting of one or more pairs of conductors separated by an insulator.
Ø  Like a battery.
Ø  Store electrical energy.
·        Discuss Inductors
Ø  A passive two-terminal electrical component which resists changes in electric current passing through it.

Ø  Stores energy in the form of a magnetic field. 

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