Electrical energy is one of the topics looked at in GCSE Science. This is the first of six quizzes on that particular subject and it looks at transfers of electrical energy in everyday domestic appliances.
When you consider all the everyday appliances that run off electricity, like light bulbs, TVs, refrigerators, CD players, radios, computers, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, the internet etc, it's hard to imagine life without electricity. Think of how important they are in your life - music/TV/Internet on demand, ice cream staying solid in the freezer, light to read by in the evening. Put simply, the convenience and usefulness of mains electricity to our way of life and standard of living is major.
Electricity is a convenient form of energy that can be converted easily into many other forms of energy and made to perform various useful tasks. Yes, there are alternatives to many household appliances but they usually involve some kind of hard work or sacrifice. Take for example an everyday vacuum cleaner. This takes electrical energy and transfers it into useful kinetic energy, saving the hard work of taking up a carpet and beating it clean for several hours. It also wastes some of the electrical energy, producing heat and sound energies - but that is for another quiz!
For the exam, you are expected to know examples of energy transfers that electrical appliances are designed to make; compare the advantages and disadvantages of using different electrical appliances for a particular application; how to reduce your consumption of electrical energy; and, of course, the principle of conservation of energy...