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The document discusses gravitational potential energy (GPE) and provides examples of calculating GPE given mass, gravitational field strength, and change in height. It gives the equation for GPE as mass x gravitational field strength x change in height and shows examples of using it to calculate GPE for objects like apples falling from branches and people in lifts moving vertically.

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Remember The Three-Step Process:: Example

The document discusses gravitational potential energy (GPE) and provides examples of calculating GPE given mass, gravitational field strength, and change in height. It gives the equation for GPE as mass x gravitational field strength x change in height and shows examples of using it to calculate GPE for objects like apples falling from branches and people in lifts moving vertically.

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Physics Equation Practice

Introduction
Gravitational energy is the potential energy held by an object because of its high position
compared to a lower position. ... For example, a pen being held above a table has a higher
gravitational potential than a pen sitting on the table. Gravitational potential energy is
mechanical energy minus kinetic energy.

Remember the three-step process:


• Write down the equation you are
going to use.
Example
• Substitute the quantities from
An apple with a mass of 200 g falls 3 m from its
the question into your formula
branch to the ground. What is the GPE?
and carry out the calculation.
• GPE lost = mass x gravitational field
• Write down the answer and
strength x change in height
don't forget to use the correct
• = 0.2 x 10 x 3
unit.
• = 6J

An apple with a mass of 150 g falls 4 m from The lift goes up 14 m. The total mass of the
its branch to the ground. What is the GPE? people in the lift is 280 kg. Calculate the
____________________________________ increase in gravitational potential energy of
____________________________________ the people in the lift
.__________________________________
An apple with a mass of 45 g falls 9 m from ___________________________________
its branch to the ground. What is the GPE? ___________________________________
____________________________________ _
____________________________________ A child of mass 18 kilograms goes down the slide. The vertical
distance from the top to the bottom of the slide is 2.5 metres.
An apple with a mass of 30 g falls 3 m from Calculate the decrease in gravitational potential energy of the
its branch to the ground. What is the GPE? child sliding from the top to the bottom of the slide
____________________________________ .__________________________________________________
____________________________________ __________________________________________________

The miners working in a salt mine use


smooth wooden slides to move quickly
from one level to another.
A miner of mass 90 kg travels down the
slide.

Calculate the change in gravitational


potential energy of the miner when he
moves 15 m vertically downwards
.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

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