POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY PRACTICE PROBLEMS Show all of your math when answering the problems below. Write directly on this page. 1. A 1 kg rock is at a height of 100 meters. ... Calculate the rock’s gravitational potential energy at 50 m, 20 m, 1 m, and 0 m high. Put the answers in the data table below.
The block is moving, so it has kinetic energy before it slides into the spring: The block slides into the spring, which it compresses as it stops. All of the kinetic energy is converted into spring potential energy: Work each of the following problems. SHOW ALL WORK. 2 2 1 2 1 12 KE mv KE KE J 2 m = = = 1.54kg s 2 2 2 1 12 2 1 0.1x 0.32 kx xm ...
potential energy of the loaded cart at the height of the seat-top? 24. A 75-kg refrigerator is located on the 70th floor of a skyscraper (300 meters above the ground) What is the potential energy of the refrigerator? 25. The potential energy of a 40-kg cannon ball is 14000 J. How high was the cannon ball to have this much potential energy?
Potential energy: PE = mgh Kinetic energy: KE = 1/2 m v2 Total mechanical energy: ME = PE + KE Practice problems: 1. A baby carriage is sitting at the top of a hill that is 21 m high. The carriage with the baby weighs 12 Kg. The carriage has _____ energy. Calculate it. 2. A car is traveling with a velocity of 40 m/s and has a mass of 1120 kg ...
Now, Substitute the information for weight and height into the gravitational potential energy formula: •GPE = 294 N x 15 meters STEP 5. Solve the problem to give a potential energy value of 4410 J. 1. A weight lifter lifts a set of 1250kg weights a vertical distance of 2m in a weight lifting contest. What Potential Energy do the weights now ...
Potential Energy Practice Problems A man with a mass of 80 kg is standing on the edge of a table 1.5 m above the ground. What is the man’s potential energy? A high jumper clears a vertical distance of 2.45 m, and at the top of his trajectory his potential energy was 1.59 x 10 3 J. What is the jumper’s mass. A city is situated 4080 m above ...
a. What is the rock's gravitational potential energy at 100 meters high? b. Calculate the rock's gravitational potential energy at 80m, 40m, 20m, and 10m high. Put the answers in the data table below. height PE(g) 80 m 40 m 20 m 10 m c. Make a graph of height versus energy. (which is the independent and which is the dependent variable?) d.
Examples of Potential Energy Problems Study these sample problems and the methods used to solve them. You might want to use this triangle to help you with questions involving potential energy. E p m g h Example: A box has a mass of 5.8kg. The box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on a shelf. If the box gains 145J of Potential Energy (E p),
23. An electron with energy of 200 eV enters a uniform electric field parallel to the plates. The electron is deflected by the electric field. What is the kinetic energy of the electron just before it strikes the upper plate? (A) 50 eV (B) 100 eV (C) 200 eV (D) 300 eV (E) 400 eV 24.
POTENTIAL ENERGY AND KINETIC ENERGY PRACTICE PROBLEMS PE = KE= Question 1: What is the potential energy of an object if its mass is 600 kg and the height of its drop is 3 m? Givens: Unknown: Formula: Substitute: Solve: Question 2: What is the height of drop of an object if its mass is 44.8 kg and its potential energy is 999 J? ...
Kinetic and Potential Energy Problems 12) A crane lifts a 1500 kg car 20 m straight up. a) How much potential energy does the car gain? ? o d e n a r c e h t s e o d k r o w h c u m w o H ) b 13) A 4.00 kgrubber ball drops from a height of 5.00 mto the ground and bounces back to a height of 3.00 m.
POTENTIAL ENERGY SAMPLE PROBLEMS Physics Maloney 1. A 90 kg rock climber first climbs 45 m upward to the top edge of a quarry, then from the top descents 85 m to the bottom. a. Find the potential energy of the climber at the edge and the bottom, using the initial height as the reference level. b.
before it hits the earth’s surface? Ignore air friction. Do this problem two ways: (a) Use formula C7.3 for the gravitational potential energy (b) Use V(z) = mgz for the gravitational potential energy 2. A spring with a spring constant of 300 J=m2 is compressed 3 cm. This is then used to shoot a 30 g marble straight up into the air.
An object gets potential energy from height, mass and gravity. An object with potential energy has the potential to do work. This potential is only ... Determine whether the objects in the following problems have kinetic (KE) or potential energy. (PE). Then, use the appropriate formula to calculate the answer.
Practice problems: 2Potential energy (PE) = mgh Kinetic energy (KE) = 1/2 m v 1. A baby carriage is sitting at the top of a hill that is 21 m high. The carriage with the baby weighs 12 Kg. The carriage has _____ (potential or kinetic) energy. Calculate it. 2. A car is traveling with a velocity of 40 m/s and has a mass of 1120 kg. ...
Chapter 4 Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy Practice Worksheet E p = mgh E k = ½ mv2 Weight of the object = mg in units of kg·m/s2 = N; where g = 9.8 m/s2 Units of Energy are Joules. J = N·m 1. A 50 kg boy and his 100 kg father went jogging. Both ran at aerate of 5 m/s. Who had
WORKSHEET: POTENTIAL ENERGY PROBLEMS Fill in the Blank: 1. Potential energy is the energy matter has as a result of its _____ or _____. 2. The more mass an object has the (more / less) potential energy it has. 3. The potential energy an object has due to its position is called _____ potential energy. 4.
KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WORKSHEET Name:_____KEY_____ Determine whether the objects in the following problems have kinetic or potential energy. Then choose the correct formula to use: KE = 1/2 m v2 OR PE = mgh = F w h 1. You serve a volleyball with a mass of 2.1 kg. The ball leaves your hand with a speed of 30 m/s. The ball has
Potential Energy: Energy of position, or stored energy. An object gains gravitational potential energy when it is lifted from one level ... Practice Exercises 1. It is said that Galileo dropped objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa to determine whether heavy or light objects fall faster. If Galileo had dropped a