Name ______________________ Date _______________

Unit 2: Energy and Our Universe

Assignment: Energy Efficiency
Task 1: Measuring the efficiency of an incandescent lamp (P1 and P2)

Method
You will use this information to write up the experiment later.
1 After discussions with my teacher I decided to use a _____V incandescent lamp.
2 I decided to put the water in a polystyrene cup because ________________
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3 I decided to use _______cm3 of water this has a mass of ________g.
4 I decided to let the lamp heat up the water for ______ minutes (______s)
4 I set the circuit up as shown in the diagram.
5 Explain how you got your results in your own words. Don’t forget to mention
stirring the liquid.
Say what you recorded in the table.
I repeated the experiment and got 3 results to make them more accurate.
4 Carry out a risk assessment for this practical

I set this circuit up

Results
These are the results I collected
Start temp End temp Mass of
Trial Voltage (V) Current (A)
(oC) (oC) water (g)

Averages
Using My Results
I worked out the energy input like this

Energy input (J) = Voltage x Current x Time

Energy input (J) = _____ V x ______ A x 300s

My AVERAGE energy input was ________ J

The amount of this energy changed (transformed) into heat energy is worked out like
this

Energy transformed into heat = mass of x specific heat x temp rise

(Joules) water (g) capacity

For my experiment this means

Energy transformed into heat (J) = _____g x 4.2 x _______ oC

Light bulbs change _____________ energy into _________ and __________

This means the amount of useful LIGHT energy produced was
Useful energy = electrical input energy – heat energy output
For my experiment this was
____________ - ___________ = __________J

This means the efficiency of this energy transfer was:

Efficiency (%) = Useful light energy output x 100

Total Energy Input

Putting in my results I get (put your figures into the equation to work out the
efficiency you got)

Risk Assessment
You need to write a risk assessment for this practical.
You need to include
1 Classroom Preparation
2 The possible hazards (electrical power supply, masses, electrical leads, string,
motor fastening.
3 What the risks are.
4 What action you took to reduce the risk
5 The number of people potentially affected (how many were in your group)
6 Was there any waste to dispose of?
A.Blackford