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Calculating PE
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What is mass?
The amount of space an object takes up. (Basically it's weight, but regardless of gravity).
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What is the formula for calculating PE?
PE = m x g x h
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Which has more Kinetic Energy, a ball moving at 3 m/s or 5 m/s?
5 m/s
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In calculating PE, and KE energy problems, what unit is used for height?
meters
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What is energy?
The ability to do work.
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What is velocity?
How fast an object is traveling.
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Calculate the PE of a rock that has a mass of 60 kg and is 10 m high.
5880 J
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Determine the kinetic energy in a 7 kg ball thrown with a velocity of 21 m/s.

1543.5 Joules

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In calculting PE and KE problems, what unit is mass?
Kilogram
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Why do you come back down when you jump into the air?
Gravity!
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What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy?
Kinetic energy is motion. Potential energy is stored energy due to it's position (height).
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How much potential energy would a 3 kg table have if it's at the top of a hill 117 m high?
What is 3439.8 J
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The computer weighs 3 kg and is thrown at a velocity of 5 m/s. Calculate the Kinetic energy.
37.5 Joules
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In calculating KE and PE problems, what unit is velocity?
m/s
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List 2 forms of potential energy

Gravitational, chemical, elastic

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What is gravity?
The force that pulls us towards the ground. 9.8 m/s2
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Which has more potential energy, a calculator on the ground or a calculator on the table 1.5 m high?
on the table. (greater height)
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Calculate the kinetic energy of a 15 kg cart going 60 m/s.
27,000 J
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What is the unit for Kinetic Energy?

Joules 

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What is the acceleration rate for gravity? (You must include units in your answer)

9.8 m/s2

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What is height and how is it measured scientifically?
How high, or tall something is, measured in meters.
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Why might there be (slightly) more Potential Energy at the top of a rollercoaster than the total amount of energy at the very end of the ride?

Some energy is lost due to friction, heat, and sound.

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Mrs. Symonds pencil weighs 0.05 kg and is dropped from the table 1 m high. The pencil falls at a velocity of 9.8 m/s. What is the pencil's KE?

2.401 J

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What unit is used for Potential Energy?

Joules 

500

What is the law of conservation of energy?

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed in form.