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Wasted Energy and Efficiency GCSE P1a
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Energy never disappears. It is never destroyed. It only ever gets turned from one type of energy to another.However, it is not always turned into the type of energy we would like. A car is designed toconvert
chemical energy
(petrol) into
kinetic energy
(movement). But some is converted into
thermal energy
and
sound energy
– neither of which help the car move.Draw a simple energy transfer diagram to illustrate this:The thermal and sound energy shown here are forms of
wasted energy
. Wasted energyleads to
inefficiency
. Complete the following table by filling in the useful and wasted energyfor each of the things designed to convert energy.
Energy transferred by ... Useful energy Wasted energy
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