Activity 1.

Energy Crossword Puzzle

Objective: Familiarize the words that are associated to the concept of energy.

Complete the crossword puzzle below.

Down:
2. _________ energy is associated
Across: with motion.
1. The product of force and
3. The total __________ energy is
displacement is
the sum of kinetic and
__________.
potential energy.
4. __________ is the unit
5. The ability to do work is
of energy in SI system.
__________.
6. __________ energy is stored
due to the object’s
position.
Activity 2. Kinetic Energy

Objective:

After performing this activity, you should be able to investigate that

increasing or reducing the mass and/or speed affect/s the kinetic energy of the
object. The situations and explanations below are introduced to guide and help you
answer the questions that follow.

Situation A: Two vehicles of different mass moving at same speed.

The kinetic energy of a 10,000-kg

vehicle is twice as much as the
kinetic energy of a 5,000-kg
vehicle when both are travelling at
the same speed.

Why is this so?

The 10,000-kg vehicle has twice
as much the mass of the 5,000-kg
car. Since they are travelling at
the same speed, using the
formula of kinetic energy,
KE = ½mv²
= ½(2m)v²
Therefore, KE = 2(½mv²). The
kinetic energy is doubled.

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Situation B: Two vehicles of the same mass moving at different speed.

The kinetic energy of a car

travelling at 10 m/s is four times
the kinetic energy of a car
travelling at 5 ms/s.
Why is this so?
Car travelling at 10 m/s has twice
as much the speed of the other
car. Since the mass is the same
for both vehicles, using the
formula of kinetic energy.

KE = ½ mv²
= ½ m(2v)²

= ½ m (4v²)
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Procedures:
1. Complete the table below. Refer to the situations and explanations above to
guide and help you determine what happens to kinetic energy of an object
when either mass or speed is changed. Use directly the formula of kinetic
energy, KE=½mv². Number 1 is done for you.

Table 1. Effects of mass and speed to kinetic energy

Kinetic Energy (KE) Mass Speed

1. doubled doubled constant
2. constant tripled
3. doubled doubled
4. reduced to ½ reduced to ½
5. tripled tripled
6. reduced to ½ doubled

Questions:

1. Which of the numbers above is KE largest? ___________________

2. Which of the numbers above is KE smallest? ___________________

3. Rank the KE of the numbers above from smallest to largest. _________________

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Activity 3. Potential Energy

Objective:

After performing this activity, you should be able to investigate that

increasing or reducing the mass and/or height affect/s the potential energy of the
object. The situations and explanations below are introduced to guide and help you
answer the questions that follow.

Situation A: Two objects of different mass are situated at the same height.

The potential energy of 20-kg box

is twice as much as the potential
energy of a 10-kg box when both
boxes are of the same height from
the ground.

Why is this so?

The 20-kg box has twice as much

the mass of the 10-kg box. Since
they are of the same height from
the ground, using the formula of
potential energy, PE = mgh

= (2m)gh

Therefore, PE = 2mgh. The

potential energy is doubled.

Situation B: Two objects of the same mass are situated at different height.

The potential energy of the box

that is 10 m from the ground is
twice as much the potential
energy of the box that is 5 m from
the ground when both boxes are
of the same mass.

Why is this so?

The box that is 10 m from the

ground has twice as much height
of the other box. Since mass is the
same for both boxes, using the
formula of potential energy,

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Procedure:

1. Complete the table below. Refer to the situations and explanations above to
guide and help you determine what happens to potential energy of an object
when either mass or height is changed given a constant value of acceleration
due to gravity, g = 9.8m/s². Use directly the formula of potential energy,
PE = mgh. Number 1 is done for you.

Table 2. Effects of mass and height to potential energy

Potential Energy (PE) Mass Height

1. doubled doubled constant
2. constant tripled
3. doubled doubled
4. reduced to ½ reduced to ½
5. tripled tripled
6. reduced to ½ doubled

Questions:

1. Which of the numbers above is PE largest? ___________________

2. Which of the numbers above is PE smallest? ___________________

3. Rank the PE of the numbers above from largest to smallest. __________________

 What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers to complete the statements. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The ____________of the object increases when elevated from the ground to a
certain height.

2. An object's potential energy can be computed using the formula____________.

3. Any moving object possesses energy called ____________ and can be computed
using the formula ____________.
4. ____________ is the ability or capacity to do work.

5. When an object’s speed doubles, its kinetic energy ____________.

6. When an object’s mass doubles, its kinetic energy also ____________.

7. The more mass an object has when lifted to a certain height, the ____________

potential energy.

What I Can Do

Activity 4: Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

Identify whether the objects in the given situations possess Potential Energy
or Kinetic Energy. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Bird flying

2. Log in a fireplace

3. Watermelon on a desk

4. Car travelling on the highway

5. Car sitting in a driveway

6. Bunch of coconut stick on a table

7. Ball bouncing on the floor

8. Child jumping on his bed

9. Child sleeping on the crib

10.Marble rolling down the ramp
Activity 5: More About PE and KE

Given the pictures below, answer the corresponding questions that follow.

Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

A ball bounces on the ground. At what position (A, B, C ) does the ball have the
greatest potential energy? Kinetic energy? Explain your answer.
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Which bird on the wire has the more potential energy? Prove your answer using
the formula of potential
energy._________________________________________________________________________
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