FACTORS AFFECTING

POTENTIAL and
KINETIC ENERGY
Week 3
OBJECTIVES
• Identify and explain the factors that affect
potential and kinetic energy;
• Define energy;
• Solve problems involving potential and
kinetic energy; and
• Value the energy on earth.
INTRODUCTION
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EXAMPLES YOU
DEFINITION: OBSERVED IN SCHOOL:

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WHAT IS ENERGY?
ENERGY
• It is the ability to do work.
• Without energy, you cannot do any work.
• When work is done by an object it loses
energy and it gains energy.
• When work is done, energy is transferred.
POTENTI
AL
ENERGY
KINETIC
ENERGY
 • The energy that possessed
by an object by the virtue
of its position.
• An energy when the work
POTENTIAL is WAITING to be done,
ENERGY or when there is the
potential to be performed.
• STORED ENERGY
 FACTORS
AFFECTING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
POTENTIAL
ENERGY •Mass
•Gravity
•Height
 PE = mgh
PE = potential energy in J (Joules)
m = mass in kg
g = gravity, which is equal to 9.8 m/s2 (constant)
h = height m
 PE = mgh
NOTE: The Potential Energy is directly
proportional to the mass and height of an object.
MEANING: The greater the mass and the height of
an object, the higher the potential energy.
 PE = mgh
NOTE: Joules = kg . m/s . m
2
 SOLVE THE PROBLEM
How much potential energy Solution:
does a 1.8 kg object has PE = mgh
from a height of 3 meters? = (1.8 kg)(9.8 m/s2)(3 meters)
Given: = 52.92 J
m = 1.8 kg
ANSWER: 52.92 J
h = 3 meters
g = 9.8 m/s2
PE = ?
 SOLVE THE PROBLEM
There is a bell at the top of a Solution:
tower that is 45 m high. The PE = mgh
bell weighs 190 KG. =
Calculate its potential energy.
=
Given:
m= ANSWER:
h=
g = 9.8 m/s2
PE =
 • The energy that
present in moving
objects.
KINETIC • This means that
whether an object is
ENERGY accelerating or in
constant motion, as
long as it moves, then
it has kinetic energy.
 FACTORS
AFFECTING
KINETIC ENERGY
KINETIC
ENERGY • Mass
• Velocity
 KE = mv 2

KE = kinetyic energy in J (Joules)

m = mass in kg
v = speed in meter per second (m/s)
NOTE: Do not forget to square the speed when you solve for
kinetic energy.
 SOLVE THE PROBLEM
How much kinetic energy Solution:
is present in a 3.5 kg KE = mv2
object with a constant =
speed of 4 m/s? = 28 J
Given:
m = 3.5 kg. ANSWER: 28 J
v = 4 m/s
KE = ?
 SOLVE THE PROBLEM
You serve a volleyball with a Solution:
mass of 0.05 kg. The ball leaves KE = mv2
your hand with a speed of 30
m/s. What is its kinetic energy? =
=
Given:
m= ANSWER:
v=
KE = ?
 • It state that energy is
Law of
neither created nor
Conservation of destroyed but it is
Energy converted from one to
form to another.
SHORT QUIZ
Classify the following as a type of
potential energy or kinetic energy
(use the letters K or P)
1. A bicyclist pedaling up a hill.
2. An archer with his bow drawn.
3. A volleyball player spiking a ball.
SHORT QUIZ
4. A baseball thrown to second base.
5. The chemical bonds in sugar.
6. The wind blowing through your
hair.
SHORT QUIZ
7. Walking down the street.
8. Sitting in the top of a tree.
9. A bowling ball rolling down the
alley.
10. A bowling ball sitting on the rack.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!
FACTORS AFFECTING POTENTIAL and KINETIC
ENERGY