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Energy Stores and Systems | GCSE Physics Practice

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred between different stores.

Name the energy store in a moving car.

What is Energy Stores and Systems | Practice?

"The various forms in which energy can be held within a system."

Question 1

Which law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed?

Question 2

Why can efficiency never be 100% in a mechanical system?

Question 3

A 5 kg weight is lifted 2 metres. Calculate its GPE (g = 9.8).

Question 4

Which formula is used to calculate kinetic energy?

Energy Systems

Main stores: Kinetic, GPE, Elastic, Thermal, Chemical, Nuclear, Electrostatic, Magnetic.

A system is an object or group of objects.

Closed systems have no net change in total energy.

Energy is transferred by heating, waves, electric current, or mechanical work.

Exam Tip

Exam Tip: When asked about energy "stores" in a battery, the answer is always CHEMICAL.

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