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Conservation of Energy and WORK

Kinetic Energy (KE)-

1. What is Kinetic Energy?

2. What does Kinetic Energy depend on?

3. What are the SI (or standard) units for KE? ___________________

4. Give an example of something that is gaining KE-

5. Give an example of something that is losing KE-

6. If a mouse and an elephant both run with the same kinetic energy, can you say which is running
faster? Explain

Gravitational Potential Energy (PE)-

1. What is Gravitational Potential Energy?

2. What does Gravitational Potential Energy depend on?

3. What are the SI (or standard) units for PE? ___________________

4. Give an example of something that is gaining PE-

5. Give an example of something that is losing PE-

6. An astronaut in full space gear climbs a vertical ladder on the earth. Later, the astronaut makes the
same climb on the moon. In which location does the gravitational potential energy of the astronaut
change more? Explain.
Work-
Stop smiling
and do some
1. What is work (in a physics sense!)- work!

2. What does work depend on?

3. What are the SI (or standard) units for work?

4. Give an example of something that is gaining energy due to work.

5. Give an example of something that is losing energy due to work.

6. Indicate whether or not the following represent examples of work. Circle Y(es) or N(o) and
explain why below.
a. A teacher applies a force to a wall and becomes exhausted. Y or N

b. A weightlifter lifts a barbell above her head. Y or N

c. A waiter carries a tray full of meals across a dining room at a constant speed. Y or N

d. A rolling marble hits a note card and moves it across a table. Y or N

e. A shot-putter launches the shot. Y or N

Conservation of Energy-

1. Define a System-

2. What is total mechanical energy?

3. What does conservation of energy mean?


4. How can energy be added to a system? Give a real world example.

5. How can energy be removed from a system? Give a real world example.

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