Units and Equations
Definitions
Example Problems
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
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Unit of Work

What is Joule?

100

What is the ability to do work?

Energy

100

A 100 N force is applied to move a 15kg object horizontal distance of 5 meters at constant speed. Solve for work.

What is 500 Joules?

100

What is the formula?

What is PE=mgh?

100

What is the formula?

What is KE=1/2*m*v2?

200

Unit of power

What is Watts?

200

What is energy can not be created nor destroyed?

Law of Conservation of Energy

200

A horizontal force of 200 N is applied to move a 55 kg crate across a level surface 4 meters. What is the work done by the applied force on the crate?

What is 800 Joules?

200

True or false

Potential energy is energy of motion.

What is false?

200

True or False

Kinetic energy is energy of motion.

What is true?

300

Equation for work

What is 1 Joule(J)=1 Newton(N)*1 meter(m)?

300

What is the energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement?

Work

300

A boy pushed on a parked car with a force of 400 N for 25 seconds. The car does not move. How much work does the boy do?

What is no work is done? (no movement=no work is done)

300

True or False

When a force is applied to a spring, its coils either stretch or compress. The amount of stretch is proportional to the amount of applied force.


What is true?

300

True or False

Kinetic energy is a vector quantity.

What is false?
400

Equation of Power

What is Power=Force*Velocity

400

What is the energy possessed by an object as a result of its motion?

Kinetic Energy

400

A 4.0-kg object has 72 J of kinetic energy. Determine its speed.

What is 6.0m/s?

400

What is Hooke’s Law?

What is Fspring=k*Δx?

400

Find the kinetic energy of a 0.50 kg ball being thrown at 5.0 m/s.

What is 6.25 J?

500

Equation of Elastic Potential Energy

What is 1/2*k*Δx²?

500

What is the energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion or due to its position, or both?

Mechanical Energy

500

An owl has a mass of 4.00kg. It dives to catch a mouse loosing a total of 800.0 J of GPE. How high was the bird to begin with? 

*Assume gravity is 10

What is 20 meters?

500

A wheelbarrow is filled with bricks and lifted to the top of a wall. If the mass of the loaded wheelbarrow is 3,000 grams and the height of the wall is 45 centimeters, what is the difference in GPE from the top of the wall to the bottom of the wall?


What is 13.5 Joules?

3*10*0.45 m (convert from centimeters to meters)

500

If the velocity is doubled, what happens to the kinetic energy?

What is kinetic energy is quadrupled?