ENERGY

What is Energy?

• Energy is the ability to do work.

• There are two main types of energy:
• Potential
• Kinetic
Potential Energy
• Energy that is stored and being held,
waiting to be used is potential
energy.
• Examples:
• A car parked in a parking lot
• A child at the top of a slide
• A ball sitting on a table
• Someone pulling a arrow back on a bow
 Kinetic Energy
• The energy of motion is kinetic
energy.
• Examples:
• Rolling a ball down a hill
• Going down a hill on a roller
coaster
• Riding your bicycle
ENERGY

• Two types of energy: kinetic (motion) and

potential (stored)
• SI unit of energy are joules (1 joule=1kgm2/s2)
Kinetic Energy

• KE is energy of motion
• KE is a scalar quantity
Practice!

1. What is the kinetic energy of a 60 kg girl on

skis traveling at 20 m/s?
2. A sports car is moving at 4.0 m/s. If the mass
of the car is 800 kg, how much kinetic energy
does it have?
Potential Energy

• PE is stored energy
The compressed spring has
potential energy because
when released it can do work
on the mass, m
• Gravitational PE is energy
of position
Potential Energy

• Gravitational PE is energy of position

Practice!

1. A mass of 100 kg is lifted a distance of 50 m.

How much potential energy does it possess?
2. A 70kg diver standing on a diving platform
possesses 35000 J of PE. How high is the
platform?
Practice!

1. A 10kg boulder rests at the edge of a

100m cliff. How much potential energy
does the rock possess?
2. A 9-Kg ball slides on the lane at a
velocity of 3 m/s. What is the kinetic
Energy?
Formula:
Mechanical Energy

Electrical Energy Forms

Light Energy
of
Energy
Thermal Energy

Sound Energy
Mechanical Energy

The energy of movement.

This energy includes both
kinetic energy (motion) and
potential (stored) energy
 Electrical Energy

A form of energy that is

producedwhen electrons
move from one place to
another place
 Light Energy
A form of energy that
travels in waves and can
move through empty space
where there is no air.
 Thermal Energy
The energy of moving
particles in a substance;
also calledheat energy
 Sound Energy
A form of energy produced
by vibrating objects.
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