Energy
Calculate Kinetic/Potential
Calculate Work
Name that energy
Name that Formula
100
What is mechanical energy? Name the types of this energy. 

the energy of either an object in motion or the energy that is stored in objects by their position

Types: Kinetic & Potential energy

100

What is the kinetic energy of a 158 kg turtle swimming at 0.42 m/s? 

KE = 13.94 J 

100

A box is pushed with a force of 10 N and the box travels 5 m. What is the total work? 

W = 50 J 

100

The Sun

Nuclear

100

Potential energy

GPE = mgh

200

What is the law of conservation of energy? 

Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only changed in form. 

200

Determine the gain in gravitational potential energy when a 4 kg block is raised 18 m. 

GPE = 705.6 J 
200

It took 20 J to push a box 2 m across the floor. With what force was the box pushed? 

F = 10 N

200

Light rays through space

Electromagnetic Radiation

200

Kinetic Energy

KE = (1/2) (m) (v^2)

300
What is chemical energy? 

Energy stored in chemical bonds 

300

An aircraft is taking a group of skydivers up into the air. Evan is dressed in his parachuting gear, which brings his mass to a total of 90 kg. The aircraft takes the group to a height of 5,000 m before the jump. How much GPE does Even gain? 

GPE = 4,410,000 J 

300

A woman lifts a bucket of water 61.7 cm above the ground. If the bucket of water has a mass of 17.5 kg, how much work does the woman do? 

W = 105.8 J 

300

The vibration from a guitar 

Acoustic/sound 

300
Weight

Fw = mg

400

What is elastic energy? 

Energy stored in objects that have been stretched 

400

The largest sea turtle found in the US has a mass of 860.24 kg. If the GPE associated with the turtle as it was being lifted onto a ship was 20,320.7 J, how high above the water was the turtle? 

h = 2.41 m

400

A man lifts a bucket of sand 75 cm above the ground. If the bucket of sand has a mass of 12,500 g, how much work does the man do on the bucket? 

W = 91.9 J

400

Energy from heat

Thermal 

400

All Equations of Work

W = Fd 

W = mgh 

W = (Fw)(h) 

500

Name all the forms of energy 

Potential, Kinetic, Chemical, Electrical, Thermal, Elastic, Nuclear, Acoustic, Electromagnetic Radiation


500

A seagull with 5.6 J of KE is flying at 4 m/s. What is her mass in kg? 

m = 0.7 kg

500

An elevator in a skyscraper has a mass of 904.9 kg. Inside the elevator are three people whose masses are 67.8 kg, 55.9 kg, and 75.1 kg. Determine how much work the elevator motor does in lifting this elevator and the people inside it from the ground floor up to the 47th floor, 564 ft above the ground floor. Assume there is no friction and state the result in J.

W = 1,860,000 J

500

Energy stored in objects

Potential 

500

Energy Efficiency 

((Energy out)/(energy in)) x 100%

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