the current that flows
through a conductor is
directly proportional to
the potential difference
across its ends, provided
its temperature remains
constant
mains electricity
fuse box contains fuses or curcuit breakers
live wire:provides the
path along which the
eletrical energy from
power stations travel
neutral
wire:
completes
the curcuit
earth wire: no current through it, protects you from faults
230v is the
mains
electricity to
uk homes
the casing is made from
plastic as its a good
insulator
fuses
fuses have a low melting point
if it melts the curcuit breaks
prevents you getting a shock
the curcuit breakers
opens to make a curcuit
incomplete if a too large
current flows through
double insulation helps stop eletric shocks
toasters etc have a high resistance
power(watts)= current(I) (in amps)*voltage(V) (in volts)
p=i*v
forces
an object will not change
velocity unless theres an
unbalenced force
force (N)= mass(M)(in
KG)*acceleration (A) (in m/s2)
force=(mv-mu)/time taken
momentum
momentum(kg in
m/s)=mass (m in
kg)*velocity (in m/s)
collisions
momentum change: force*time= increase in acceleration
elastic collisions: colliisions
where no kinetic energy is lost
by transformed into other
energy types
momentum before=momentum after
newtons law of motion
things dont speed up or
slow down or change
direction unless you
push or pull them
when you push something it pushes back
just as hard but in the oppisite direction
acceleration
acceleration=change in
speed/time taken
rate at which an
object changes speed
moments
moment of force
(Nm)=force
(N)*perpendicular
distance from pivot
(d)(in m)
an object will be in balence if
sum of antilclockwise
moments=sum of clock wise
moments
types of orbit
low polar orbit
weather
spying
observing
earths
surface
geo stationary statellites
stationed over equator
doesnt move
communtications
gps
orbital speed: 2*3.142(pi)*orbital
radius/time period
23.142r/t
light
reflection
when a ray of light
strikes a mirror it is
reflected so that the
angle of incidence is
equal to the angle of
reflection
mirrors are used
to change the
direction of ray of
light
images are created
from rays of light in
mirror reflections
virtual thing=images
were light doesnt pass
real images= images
created with light passing
through them
refraction
light travels at
300,000,000m/s
the change in speed may
cause ray to change direction.
this is refraction
refractive
index
to find the angles
of refrection
n=sin i/sin r
total internal
reflection
when a ray of light passes from
an optically more dense medium
to an optically less dense
medium (eg glass to air) the light
is reflected away from the
normal
sin c=1/n
transverse waves can be
feflected, refracted and
diffracted
ray diagrams
magnetic fields
volume of space
where magnetism
can be detected
cannot be seen
but with iron
filings you can
see it
when north and south poles
are placed near each other
there is an almost uniform
field between the two poles
sound
sound waves
as a speaker comes to the
right it pushes air molecules
together creating a
compression
this is a longitude sound wave
and can be reflected, refracted
and disfracted
speed of sound
echoes
divide
distance
by time
resonance tube and tuning forks
oscilloscope
reflected
sound wave is
called an echo
electromagnetic spectrum
visiable light
gamma radiation
killing cancer cells
shortest wave length
x rays
medical images of bones
ultraviolet radiation
sunbeds
visiable light
seeing
infrared radiiation
optical fibre radiation
microwaves
cooking
radio waves
tv signals
longest wave length
energy transfers
we need to convert
energy from place to
place to be useful
energy
becomes
concerted an
wasted
eg: heating water the engery
converted is lost as its not doing
what we want making the water
hot
heat transfers
can be transferred by conduction,
convention and radiation
heat energy is transferred by conduction
liquids and gases by convention
Convection occurs when particles with a
lot of heat energy in a liquid or gas move
and take the place of particles with less
heat energy.
All objects give out and take in
thermal radiation, which is also
called infrared radiation.
radiation
plum pudding model
J.J. thompson found
negatively charged
particles(electrons)