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What is energy?
Discover that energy comes in many different forms. Physical processes - Energy and energy transfer - What is energy? Learning Points Energy is the ability to do work. Energy comes in different forms. Kinetic and potential energy acting...
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Racing cars
Find out how energy can be wasted as heat when a racing car brakes. Physical processes -Energy and energy transfer - Energy transformation Learning Points Energy can be transformed into different types. Energy converted into a form that...
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Heat transfer
Investigate the ways in which heat can be transferred. Physical processes - Energy and energy transfer - Heat transfer Learning Points Conduction is the transfer of energy from one molecule to the next. Convection is the transfer of heat...
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The Science of Roller Coasters: Friction, Acceleration, and Thrills
Dive into the science behind roller coasters, exploring how friction and acceleration play crucial roles. Understand how friction converts energy into heat, impacting the coaster's motion, and learn how acceleration, influenced by...
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GCSE Physics - Internal Energy and Specific Heat Capacity #28
This video covers: - What internal energy is - Relationship between kinetic energy, internal energy and temperature - What specific heat capacity is - How to use specific heat capacity in an equation General info: - Suitable for all GCSE...
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GCSE Physics - Efficiency #8
In this video we cover: - The idea that devices aren't 100% efficient - What efficiency is - The equation for efficiency - Examples of how to calculate efficiency - Why some devices like electric heaters are sometimes considered to be...
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GCSE Physics - Reducing Energy Loss - Insulation / Lubrication / Aerodynamics #6
In this video we cover: - How we reduce heat loss from homes - How cavity walls work - How double glazing works - How to reduce friction using lubrication - Why vehicles are streamlined General info: - Suitable for all GCSE and IGCSE...
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GCSE Physics - Microwaves and Infrared #66
This video covers: - How microwaves are used to heat food - How microwaves are used in satellite communication - The idea that hotter objects emit more infrared radiation - How we use infrared radiation to cook things General info: -...
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GCSE Chemistry - Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions #43
In this video we cover : - What exothermic and endothermic reactions are - What reaction profiles are and how to draw them - What activation energy is and how we show it on reaction profiles
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GCSE Biology - How We Control Our Body Temperature #55
This video covers: - Why we need to regulate our body temperature - How the thermoregulatory centre in the brain works - How we warm ourselves up when we're too cold - How we cool ourselves down when we're too hot Exam board specific...
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GCSE Biology - Global Warming & Climate Change #91
What is global warming and climate change and how will they affect the planet? Learn about how and increase in greenhouses gases is leading to global warming, and how organisms across the world are responding to this warmer world!
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GCSE Physics - Conservation of Energy #4
This video covers: - Conservation of energy principle - Open vs closes systems - Examples of how energy is transferred General info: - Suitable for all GCSE and IGCSE courses Exam board specific info: AQA - Everything is relevant to your...
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GCSE Chemistry - Global Warming & Climate Change #68
In this video, we'll look at: - What the greenhouse effect is, and how it causes global warming - The difference between global warming and climate change - Some of the main contributors and consequences of global warming - Some of the...
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Solar and Thermal Energy
Dr. Forrester talks about thermal energy. She defines thermodynamics and talks about conduction, convection, and radiation. She also defines photovoltaic energy. She talks about solar power and then shows how to make a solar oven.
Flipping Physics
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Learn about the energy stored in a capacitor. Derive the equation and explore the work needed to charge a capacitor.
Flipping Physics
Capacitance
This video explores the science behind capacitors, including what they are, how they work, and how they store electric potential energy in an electric field. The definition of capacitance is given, as well as the units and symbols used...
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Movement of a Thermometer
Movement of a Thermometer investigates heat as a form of energy by conducting an experiment that involves placing a mercury thermometer in hot water and observing the mercury expand or “rise.”
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Nuclear Fusion In the Sun - Solar System Series
This video offers a more in depth look at how nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun.
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Energy from the Sun
Energy from the Sun describes how life on Earth depends upon energy from the sun by providing examples of dependence.
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Conservation of Energy
Conservation of Energy examines the idea that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another by exploring conservation of energy.
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Chemical Reaction in a Bag
Chemical Reaction in a Bag demonstrates that energy has the ability to cause motion by conducting an experiment that involves adding vinegar to baking soda in a zippered sandwich bag.
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How Igloos Turn Snow into Toasty Havens
An igloo is made of compressed snow. Compact hardened snow is a great insulator of heat because snow is nothing but semi-frozen water with roughly 95% trapped air. The air molecules trapped between the tiny ice crystals create air...
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Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions investigates heat-generating reactions and heat-consuming reactions by defining exothermic and endothermic.
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Friction
Friction defines the term friction by providing examples and comparing and contrasting the three types: sliding, rolling, and fluid.