Pre APCLASSWORK 4.1!

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Unit 4: ENERGY
L1: Kinetic and Potential Energy
1. A 45 kg cannon ball is travelling at 20 m/s, what is its kinetic energy?
KE = 9000 J

1a. If the same cannon ball from question 2 is travelling at 40 m/s, what is its
kinetic energy?
KE = 36000 J

2. A coconut mith a mass of 2.00 kg is sitting in a tree that is 12.0 m tall, what is the
potential energy of the coconut?
PE = 235.2 J
3. How fast must a 1000 kg car be moving to have a kinetic energy of 2.0 x 10 3 J?
v = 2 m/s

4. A 25 N object is 3.0 meters up. How much potential energy does it have?

PE = 75 J

5.

If the coconut in question 2 falls out of the tree, what is its kinetic energy when it has
a velocity of 6 m/s?

KE = 45.92 J
6. The coconut from questions 5 and 6 is now sitting on the ground. What is its potential
and kinetic energy as it sits on the ground?
PE: 0 J
KE: 0 J
7. If Melody has a mass of 40 kg and jumps off a diving board with a Kinetic Energy of
10,000 J, what is her velocity just before hitting the pool?

v = 22.36 m/s
8. What is the gravitational potential energy of a 61.2 kg person standing on the roof of
a 10-story (Each story is 2.50 m high.) building.
PE = 14994 J
9. A 25 N object is 3.0 meters up. How much potential energy does it have?
PE = 75 J

10. A car with a mass of 1000 kg is lifted into the air. It has a potential energy of 2.0 x 103
J, how high was it lifted?

h = 0.204 m
11. A 50.0 kg bicyclist on a 10.0 kg bicycle speeds up from 5.00 m/s to 10.0 m/s.
12a. What was the total kinetic energy before accelerating?
KE = 750 J
12b. What was the total kinetic energy after accelerating?
KE = 3000 J
12. At the moment when a football player releases a 5.00 kg football, the football is 3.00
m above the ground and travelling at 15.0 m/s.
14a. What is the potential energy of the football when it is released?
PE = 147 J
14b. What is the kinetic energy of the football as it flies through the air?

KE = 562.5 J
13. A monkey is sitting on a tree branch 15 m off of the ground holding a banana with a
mass of 2 kg,
a. what is the potential energy of the banana?
PE = 294 J

b. If the monkey drops the banana, what is the kinetic energy of the banana
when it has fallen 5 m from its original height? (hint: what equations do you
know that you could use to find its velocity?)
KE = 98 J