Energy Test Review
PE = 1/2 kx2
PE and x - Relationship? __________________________
3. Know your
units Power _________ Work __________ Energy
___________ Spring Constant _____
Energy changes when an
object falls: Practice Problems:
Conservation of Energy - Free Fall
4. The Law of Conservation of Energy state that
energy cannot be ________________
As an object falls the sum of the KE and PE
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5. Everything in the energy unit is a
scalar or
vector?
Vector (V) or Scalar (S) ?
a) Power _________ Work __________ KE___________
PE _____
b) If the velocity of an object
is tripled, its kinetic energy will ____________
6. Know the PE and KE changes in a
pendulum
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a. |
The potential energy is maximum at
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b. |
The KE is at its maximum at:
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c. |
The PE at 1 is equal to the
PE at:
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8. How much work is done when a ball weighing
20 N is lifted a vertical distance of 2 meter?
a) What kind of energy does the ball acquire?
______ How much? _________
9. An object moving at a constant speed of 4
m/s possesses 160 J of K.E.. What is the objects mass?
10. As an object falls its KE _________ and its
PE ________. As the object falls the amount of PE that is lost is
equal to the
amount of ___________ gained.
11. Sketch the shape of a F vs. stretch
plot for an IDEAL SPRING.
12. A one meter spring is stretched to 1.2 m by
a force of 6 N. Find the spring constant of this spring. (include units)
13. Power is the time rate of doing _________
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