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Work & Energy Notes
Work & Energy Notes
Enabling Objectives
Explain work
- Define work and state the SI units
- Solve problems involving work
a) 2.0 m b) 40 cm c) 2.0 km
Enabling Objectives
Explain energy
- Define energy and list types of energy
- State the law of energy conservation
- Give example of energy conversion
- Solve problems related to potential and kinetic energy
Kinetic Energy
Example
Calculate the kinetic energy of a 20g tennis ball travelling at 40m/s
Elastic potential Elastic potential energy: energy stored in an elastic body that is
stretched or compressed.
energy
Gravitational potential energy: energy stored in a body due to its
position in a gravitational field.
Gravitational
potential energy Example
A crane is able to lift a load of mass 150kg. Calculate the gravitational
potential energy gained by the crane if it is lifted up to the height of
20m.
Chemical potential Chemical potential energy: Energy stored in the molecular bonds and
released in a chemical reaction.
energy:
Thermal energy Thermal energy: energy related to temperature.
Example:
1. A truck with mass 1500 kg is travelling with a velocity of 20m/s. What is the kinetic energy of
the truck?
3. At what height is an object that has a mass of 16 kg, it its gravitational potential energy is
7500 J
Name: Marks
1.Yusry falls from a tree. What is the change of energy before he hits the floor?
A. Gravitational potential energy to Kinetic B. Gravitational potential energy to Heat energy
energy
C. Kinetic energy to Gravitational potential D. Chemical potential energy to kinetic energy
energy
4. A coin of mass 20g falls from a height of 20 m to the ground. Calculate the gain of kinetic
energy when the coin is 5 m above the ground. (g = 9.8m/s 2)
15. Calculate the kinetic energy of a truck that has a mass of 2900 kg and is moving at 55 m/s.
16. Find the mass of a car that is traveling at a velocity of 60 m/s North. The car has 5,040,000 J of
kinetic energy.
17. How fast is a ball rolling if it contains 98 J of kinetic energy and has a mass of 4 kg?
18. State the law of conservation.