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Energy Lesson 2

The document discusses calculating changes in energy, including the equations for elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, and gravitational potential energy. It provides examples of calculating the elastic potential energy of an archer's bow, the kinetic energy of a cycling, and the gravitational potential energy of a diver jumping from a platform.

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Energy Lesson 2

The document discusses calculating changes in energy, including the equations for elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, and gravitational potential energy. It provides examples of calculating the elastic potential energy of an archer's bow, the kinetic energy of a cycling, and the gravitational potential energy of a diver jumping from a platform.

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Energy: Lesson 2

Changes in Energy
Learning Objective
• To calculate changes in energy.

Success Criteria
• To apply the equation for elastic potential energy.

• To recall and apply the equations for kinetic energy and elastic potential
energy.

• To recall and apply the equations for gravitational potential energy,


kinetic energy and elastic potential energy.
What’s the Connection?
Energy
It is possible to calculate the following: the kinetic energy stored by a
moving object, such as a bicycle; the elastic potential energy stored in a
stretched spring, such as in a bow; and the amount of gravitational
potential energy gained by a raised object, such as a diver on a board.

Key Words
energy; gravitational
potential energy; elastic
potential energy; kinetic
energy
Elastic Potential Energy
elastic potential energy = ½ x spring constant x (extension)2

Or

Ee = ½ke2

Ee = elastic potential energy in J

k = spring constant in N/m

e = extension in m
Elastic Potential Energy
Using the equation Ee = ½ke2, calculate an archer’s elastic potential
energy when his spring constant is 8N/m and his extension is 0.75m.

Ee = ½ x 8 x 0.752

Therefore, Ee = 2.25J (to two decimal places)


Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy = ½ x mass x (speed)2

Or

Ek = ½mv2

Ek = kinetic energy in J

m = mass in kg

v = speed in m/s
Kinetic Energy
Using the equation Ek = ½mv2, calculate the kinetic energy of a cyclist when
her speed is 7.27m/s, her bicycle’s mass is 11kg and her mass is 50kg.

Ek = ½ x 61 x 7.272

Therefore, Ek = 1612.01J (to two decimal places)


Gravitational Potential Energy
GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height

Or

Ep = mgh

Ep = gravitational potential energy in J

m = mass in kg

g = gravitational field strength in m/s2

h = height in m
Kinetic Energy
Using the equation Ep = mgh, calculate the gravitational potential energy of
a diver when his mass is 60kg, his gravitational field strength is 10N/kg and
he jumps from the 10m platform.

Ep = 60 x 10 x 10

Therefore, Ep = 6000J

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