Work and Energy

Section 1

What do you think?

List five examples of things you have done in the last
year that you would consider work.
Based on these examples, how do you define work?

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Work
In physics, work is the magnitude of the force (F)
times the magnitude of the displacement (d) in
the same direction as the force.
W = Fd
What are the SI units for work?
Force units (N) distance units (m)
Nm are also called joules (J).

How much work is 1 joule?

Lift an apple weighing about 1 N from the floor to the
desk, a distance of about 1 m.

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Work
Pushing this car is work because
F and d are in the same direction.
Why arent the following tasks
considered work?
A student holds a heavy chair at
arms length for several minutes.
A student carries a bucket of water
along a horizontal path while walking
at a constant velocity.

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Work

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Work is a Scalar
Work can be
positive or
negative but
does not have
a direction.
What is the
angle between
F and d in each
case?

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Section 1

Classroom Practice Problem

A 20.0 kg suitcase is raised 3.0 m above a
platform. How much work is done on the
suitcase?
Answer: 5.9 x 102 J or 590 J

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Section 1

Now what do you think?

Based on the physics definition, list five examples of
things you have done in the last year that you would
consider work.

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Section 4

What do you think?

Two cars are identical with one exception. One
of the cars has a more powerful engine. How
does having more power make the car behave
differently?
What does power mean?
What units are used to measure power?

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Power
The rate of energy transfer
Energy used or work done per second

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Section 4

Power

SI units for power are J/s.

Called watts (W)
Equivalent to kgm2/s3

Horsepower (hp) is a unit used in the Avoirdupois

system.
1.00 hp = 746 W

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Section 4

Watts
These bulbs all consume
different amounts of
power.
A 100 watt bulb
consumes 100 joules of
energy every second.

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Section 4

Classroom Practice Problems

Two horses pull a cart. Each exerts a force of
250.0 N at a speed of 2.0 m/s for 10.0 min.
Calculate the power delivered by the horses.
How much work is done by the two horses?

Answers: 1.0 x 103 W and 6.0 x 105 J

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Section 4

Now what do you think?

Two cars are identical with one exception. One
of the cars has a more powerful engine. How
does having more power make the car behave
differently?
What does power mean?
What units are used to measure power?

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Stairs Lab

Section 4

Find your weight in Newtons and record

Measure the height of the stairs
Walk the stairs (have someone time you)
Run the stairs (have someone time you)
Calculate the work done for each climb (show all work).
Calculate your power for each climb (show all work).
Record the work, time and power for the rest of your lab
group.
Who had the greatest power? Why?
What could you do to increase your workout?
What could you do to improve your power?

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TEKS

Section 2

The student is expected to:

3F express and interpret relationships
symbolically in accordance with accepted
theories to make predictions and solve
problems mathematically, including
problems requiring proportional reasoning
and graphical vector addition
6A investigate and calculate quantities
using the work-energy theorem in various
situations
6B investigate examples of kinetic and
potential energy and their transformations

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Section 2

Warm Up
Superman takes 7 seconds to stop a runaway train
over a distance of 56 m using a power of 77,000 W.
How much work was done to stop it?

How much force did he apply?

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Section 2

What do you think?

You have no doubt heard the term kinetic energy.
What is it?
What factors affect the kinetic energy of an object and
in what way?

You have no doubt heard the term potential

energy.
What is it?
What factors affect the potential energy of an object
and in what way?

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Kinetic Energy

Wnet F x max
Since
then
or

v v 2ax
2
f

2
i

Wnet m(

Wnet

v v
2
f

2
i

1 2 1 2
mv f mvi
2
2

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Kinetic Energy

What are the SI units for KE?

kgm2/s2 or Nm or J

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Work and Kinetic Energy

KE is the work an object can do if the speed changes.

Wnet is positive if the speed increases.

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Section 2

Classroom Practice Problems

A 6.00 kg cat runs after a mouse at 10.0 m/s. What
is the cats kinetic energy?
Answer: 3.00 x 102 J or 300 J

Suppose the above cat accelerated to a speed of

12.0 m/s while chasing the mouse. How much
work was done on the cat to produce this change
in speed?
Answer: 1.32 x 102 J or 132 J

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Section 2

Potential Energy
Energy associated with an objects potential to
move due to an interaction with its environment
A book held above the desk
An arrow ready to be released from the bow

Some types of PE are listed below.

Gravitational
Elastic
Electromagnetic

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Section 2

Gravitational Potential Energy

What are the SI units?

kgm2/s2 or Nm or J

The height (h) depends on the zero level chosen where

PEg = 0.

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Elastic Potential Energy

The energy available for use in deformed elastic objects
Rubber bands, springs in trampolines, pole-vault poles, muscles

For springs, the distance compressed or stretched = x

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Spring Constant(k)
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Visual Concept

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Elastic Potential Energy

The spring constant (k) depends on the stiffness of the

spring.
Stiffer springs have higher k values.
Measured in N/m
Force in newtons needed to stretch a spring 1.0 meters

What are the SI Units for PEelastic?

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Section 2

Classroom Practice Problems

When a 2.00 kg mass is attached to a vertical
spring, the spring is stretched 10.0 cm such that
the mass is 50.0 cm above the table.
What is the gravitational potential energy associated
with the mass relative to the table?
Answer: 9.81 J

What is the springs elastic potential energy if the

spring constant is 400.0 N/m?
Answer: 2.00 J

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Section 2

Now what do you think?

What is kinetic energy?
What factors affect the kinetic energy of an object and
in what way?
How are work and kinetic energy related?

What is potential energy?

What factors affect the gravitational potential energy of
an object and in what way?
What factors affect the elastic potential energy of an
object and in what way?

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Section 3

The student is expected to:

6C calculate the mechanical energy of,
power generated within, impulse applied
to, and momentum of a physical system
6D demonstrate and apply the laws of
conservation of energy and conservation
of momentum in one dimension

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Section 3

What do you think?

Imagine two students standing side by side at the
top of a water slide. One steps off of the
platform, falling directly into the water below.
The other student goes down the slide.
Assuming the slide is frictionless, which student
strikes the water with a greater speed?
Explain your reasoning.

Would your answer change if the slide were not

frictionless? If so, how?
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Section 3

What do you think?

What is meant when scientists say a quantity is
conserved?
Describe examples of quantities that are
conserved.
Are they always conserved? If not, why?

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Section 3

Mechanical Energy (ME)

ME = KE + PEg + PEelastic
Does not include the many other types of energy,
such as thermal energy, chemical potential energy,
and others

ME is not a new form of energy.

Just a combination of KE and PE

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Section 3

Classroom Practice Problems

Suppose a 1.00 kg book is dropped from a height of
2.00 m. Assume no air resistance.
Calculate the PE and the KE at the instant the book is
released.
Answer: PE = 19.6 J, KE = 0 J

Calculate the KE and PE when the book has fallen 1.0

m. (Hint: you will need an equation from Chapter 2.)
Answer: PE = 9.81 J, KE = 9.81 J

Calculate the PE and the KE just as the book reaches

the floor.
Answer: PE = 0 J, KE = 19.6 J

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Table of Values for the Falling Book

h (m)

PE(J)

KE(J)

ME(J)

19.6

19.6

0.5

14.7

4.9

19.6

1.0

9.8

9.8

19.6

1.5

4.9

14.7

19.6

2.0

19.6

19.6

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Section 3

Conservation of Mechanical Energy

The sum of KE and PE remains constant.

One type of energy changes into another type.
For the falling book, the PE of the book changed into KE as it
fell.
As a ball rolls up a hill, KE is changed into PE.

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy

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Visual Concept

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Conservation of Energy
Acceleration does not have to be constant.
ME is not conserved if friction is present.
If friction is negligible, conservation of ME is
reasonably accurate.
A pendulum as it swings back and forth a few times

Consider a child going down a slide with friction.

What happens to the ME as he slides down?
Answer: It is not conserved but, instead, becomes less and
less.

What happens to the lost energy?

Answer: It is converted into nonmechanical energy (thermal
energy).
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Section 3

Classroom Practice Problems

A small 10.0 g ball is held to a slingshot that is
stretched 6.0 cm. The spring constant is
2.0 102 N/m.
What is the elastic potential energy of the slingshot
before release?
What is the kinetic energy of the ball right after the
slingshot is released?
What is the balls speed at the instant it leaves the
slingshot?
How high does the ball rise if it is shot directly
upward?

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Section 3

Now what do you think?

Imagine two students standing side by side at the
top of a water slide. One steps off of the
platform, falling directly into the water below.
The other student goes down the slide.
Assuming the slide is frictionless, which student
strikes the water with a greater speed?
Explain your reasoning.

Would your answer change if the slide were not

frictionless? If so, how?
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Section 3

Now what do you think?

What is meant when scientists say a quantity is
conserved?
Describe examples of quantities that are
conserved.
Are they always conserved? If not, why?

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