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Study Guide Work Power and Energy

This document is a study guide covering work, power, energy, and their related concepts and calculations. It includes definitions of work, power, and energy; formulas for calculating work and power; examples of calculating work, power, gravitational potential energy, and kinetic energy in various scenarios; and questions about the conservation of energy.

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Study Guide Work Power and Energy

This document is a study guide covering work, power, energy, and their related concepts and calculations. It includes definitions of work, power, and energy; formulas for calculating work and power; examples of calculating work, power, gravitational potential energy, and kinetic energy in various scenarios; and questions about the conservation of energy.

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Name: _________________________________________________ Date: __________________ Period: ___________

Work, Power, and Energy Study Guide


Work

1. The unit for work is ________________, which is also known as a __________________________.

2. In order for work to be done, force and displacement must be in the ____________________ direction.
3. For the following 3 scenarios, explain why work is or is not done:
a) A woman preparing for a trip lifts her suitcase from the floor to the bed so that she may pack more easily.

b) A man spends 5 minutes thinking about the most efficient way to decorate his roof with Christmas lights.

4. The formula for calculating work is ______________________.


5. Complete the following chart:

Example Direction of force Direction of motion Doing work?

Pushing a
stroller

carrying a
backpack

lifting weights

Carrying
luggage

6. Calculate the work done by a 47 N force pushing a pencil 0.26 m.

7. If a small motor does 520. J of work to move a toy car 260. m, what force does it exert?

8. A girl pushes her little brother on his sled with a force of 300. N for 750. m. How much work is done?

9. You use 35 J of energy to move a 7.0 N object. How far did you move it?
Power

1. The unit for power is ____________________, which is also known as ____________________.


2. How are power and work related?

3. Identify which of the pairs in each scenario illustrates less power being generated:

_____ A woman pushes a cart with 95 N of force 3 m in 10 seconds.


_____ A man pushes a cart with 95 N of force 3 m in 13 seconds.
Explain your choice:

_____ A 340-N student climbs the stairs in 14 seconds.


_____ A 420-N student climbs the stairs in 14 seconds.
Explain your choice:

4. Fill in the boxes to complete the following equations:


P = ___ / t or P = F x ___ / t
5. How much power does it take to lift 30.0 N 10.0 m high in 5.00 s?

6. You do 45 J of work in 3.0 seconds. How much power do you use?

7. A car uses 2,500 Joules in 25 seconds. Find power.

8. A 60 watt light bulb runs for 5.0 seconds. How much work is done?

9. How long would it take a 500 W electric motor to do 1,500,000 J of work?

Potential Energy
1. The unit for potential energy is ______________________.
2. What is potential energy?
3. Find the gravitational potential energy of a 1200 kg boulder on top of a 40 m tall cliff.

4. Find the gravitational potential energy of a 1.0 kg cardinal on top of 2.0 m high fence.

5. Find the gravitational potential energy of a 60 kg person standing on a 3.0 m high diving board.

6. What is the height of a diver if her energy is 1000 J and her mass is 90 kg?

Kinetic Energy
1. The unit for kinetic energy is ______________________.
2. What is kinetic energy?

3. Find the kinetic energy of a 70 kg person running at 3 m/s.

4. Find the kinetic energy of a 75 kg person running at 6 m/s.

5. Find the kinetic energy of a 80 kg person running at 9 m/s.

6. Find the kinetic energy of a 1700 kg car traveling at 0 m/s.


7. Find the kinetic energy of a 1700 kg car traveling at 5 m/s.

8. Find the kinetic energy of a 1700 kg car traveling at 10 m/s.

9. Find the kinetic energy of a 1700 kg car traveling at 15 m/s.

Conservation of Energy
1. What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Label each of the following phrases as Potential (P) or Kinetic (K)


2. Standing at the top of a slide 11. Moving down a slide
3. Juice in an orange 12. Frog sitting on a lily pad
4. Roller coaster moving downhill 13. Book on a high shelf
5. Rolling down a grassy hill 14. A speeding car
6. An unburned lump of coal 15. Executing a swan dive
7. Throwing a curve ball 16. A parked car
8. A battery 17. A dog chasing a ball
9. Frog leaping into the water 18. Wind
10. Book falling from a high shelf 19. A stretched rubber band

This graph shows a ball rolling from A to G. The ball starts at point A and rolls to point G.

20. At what letter does the ball have the greatest


kinetic energy? __________
21. Which letter shows the ball when it has the
maximum potential energy? __________
22. Which letter shows the ball when it has the
least potential energy? ___________

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