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100

Formula for Kinetic Energy

1/2 mv2

100

SI Base Units for work

Joules

100

When the applied force is perpendicular to movement OR there is no movement at all, work is...

Zero 

100

A 10 kg rock is lifted to 2 meters off the ground. What is the rock's potential energy? 

200 J

100

When using W = Fd cosΘ, the angle is between the direction of the applied force and what?

Horizontal

200

Formula for work 

W = F d

200

SI base units for µ

no units

200

power is ..........

(word definition) 

the rate at which work is done

200

An object has 40 J gravitational energy and 20 J of kinetic energy. If the object speeds up on an uneven surface so that the resulting kinetic energy is 35 J. What is the resulting potential energy?  

15 J

200

Engine A produces 3x the power of engine B. If it takes engine A 30 seconds to do the work, how long does it take engine B to do the same work?

90 seconds

300

formula for Power

P = W/t

300

Watts is SI unit dimensions for what?

Power

300

if height is doubled, what happens to the potential energy? 

Doubled

300

Darth Vader gets pushed 3.5 meters by Luke’s force of 1074N on the Deathstar in 2.2 seconds. Calculate the power expended on Darth Vader

1709 watts

300

Someone is dropping rocks again... if this guy is dropping a 0.055 kg rock off a 3.0 m balcony, what is the KE after the rock falls 2.0 m?

1.1 J

400

Friction Formula

Friction Force = coefficient of friction x Normal Force

400

SI unit dimensions for work?

Joules

400

if velocity is quadrupled, what happens to the KE?

times 16

400

 A parent pulls a child in a wagon with a combined mass of 30 kg.  If the parent pulls with a force of 19.1 N for 11.0 m and the wagon started from rest, what is the final speed of the  child wagon combination?

3.74 m/s

400

A 100 kg sled moving at 5 m/s skids to a stop.  How much work is done by friction?  

-1250 J

500

conservation of energy formula

KEi + PEi + Wext= KEf + PEf

500

74,600 watt is how much horsepower?

100 hp

500

which color path uses the most power?


yellow

500

A player hits a 0.122 kg baseball over the outfield fence. The ball leaves the bat with a speed of 31.5 m/s & a fan in the bleachers catches it 7.2 m above the point it was hit. Find the velocity just before the ball is caught

29.2 m/s

500

A hang glider is gliding at 500 m with a speed of 20 m/s when it dives to an altitude of 250 m.  What is the final speed? 

73.5 m/s

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