Energy

● Analyze real situations and their environment to

define the concepts of mechanical energy, kinetic
energy and potential energy of an object and those
related to work.
● Analyze the properties of an object in a real situation
and argue the type of mechanical energy it possesses.
● Solve problems in context about kinetics and
potential energy.
ACTIVITY

Instructions:

Complete the
conceptual map
with the
information from
your book,
including the
formulas.

Ch 5, Sec 2.
Pages 160-166
1. How does the kinetic energy of an object change if the object's speed doubles?
a) The kinetic energy decreases to half its original value.
b) The kinetic energy doubles.
c) The kinetic energy increases by a factor of 4.
d) The kinetic energy does not change.

2. Which of the following does not affect gravitational potential energy?

e) an object's mass
f) an object's height relative to a zero level
g) the free-fall acceleration
h) an object's speed

3. A force does work on an object if a component of the force

i) is perpendicular to the displacement of the object.
j) is parallel to the displacement of the object.
k) perpendicular to the displacement of the object moves the object along a path
that returns the object to its starting position.
l) parallel to the displacement of the object moves the object along a path that
returns the object to its starting position.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 1
Silvana Cruciata from Italy ran 18,084 km in 1 hour, a world record at the time. If Cruciata's kinetic energy
was 694 J, what was its mass? Includes a mathematical model with all the given information.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 2
A 70 kg stuntman is attached to a bungee cord with an unstretched length of 15.0 m. He jumps off a bridge
spanning a river from a height of 50 m. When he finally stops, the cord has a stretched length of 44 m. Treat the
stuntman as a point mass, and disregard the weight of the bungee cord. Assuming the spring constant of the
bungee cord is 71.8 N/m, what is the total potential energy relative to the water when the man stops falling?
SAMPLE PROBLEM 3
What forms of energy are involved in the
following situations? Explain all the types of
energy present and explain your reasoning.
a) a bicycle coasting along a level road
b) heating water
c) throwing a football
d) winding the mainspring of a clock
 Summative 3

1. The summative will be completed throughout the entire session. I will grade it, and
feedback will be provided tomorrow. You may leave once you finish the summative.
2. If you participated in this week's tournaments and did not review the topics that will
be assessed in this summative, your Quiz 2 grade will be used for this summative.
However, you are still required to complete the summative as a practice.
3. Please request the class notes and try to understand the problems we worked on
during class.
4. On Tuesday, November 21, there will be a tutoring on these topics at 11:05 in this
classroom.
 Summative 3

1. Everything must be in the SI system

FYI 2. Yes, you have to add the masses.
3. In 2b) the Force 1 looks like this:

4. In 2b) the spring toy moves downwards.

5. To calculate Work, the force that you must take into consideration
is the one that is parallel to the motion.
1. A car is moving at a speed of 52 km/h to the North and accelerates for 120 meters, so that it
reaches a speed of 65 km/h. The kinetic friction between the highway and the tires of the car is
3433.5 N and the mass of the car is 1000 kg.

a) Draw the free-body diagram of the car.

b) What is the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on the car?
2. In the park near your house there are various "spring toys" and children love to play with
them. The seat (without child) of the spring toy is 53 cm above the ground, its mass is 6.5 kg,
and the spring constant is 1382.318 N/m. If a child whose mass is 40 kg sits on the “spring toy”
and the seat reached a height of 20 cm above the ground.

a) What is the total potential energy associated with the “spring toy” when it is 20 cm above
the ground?

b) Two children begin to play with the "spring toy." One exerts a force of 250 N at an angle
of 37° below the left horizontal line and the other exerts a force of 370 N directly
downwards. If the toy is lowered to a total of 37 cm, what is the net work of the external
forces on the toy? Includes the free-body diagram of the toy.
Conservation of energy
● Analyze real physical situations to define the concept
and the law of conservation of mechanical energy.