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    ST - Lucia Seventh-Day Adventist Academy Physics Notes Form 5 October 18, 2016

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    1) Potential energy is the stored energy of an object due to its position. Gravitational potential energy specifically refers to the energy stored due to an object's vertical position or height above a defined zero point, usually the ground or a tabletop. 2) Gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to both the mass of an object and its height. It can be calculated using the equation PE = mgh, where m is mass, g is gravitational acceleration, and h is height. 3) Kinetic energy refers to the energy of motion and depends on an object's mass and speed, calculated as KE = 1/2mv^2, where m is mass and v is speed. Kinetic energy

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    1) Potential energy is the stored energy of an object due to its position. Gravitational potential energy specifically refers to the energy stored due to an object's vertical position or height above a defined zero point, usually the ground or a tabletop. 2) Gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to both the mass of an object and its height. It can be calculated using the equation PE = mgh, where m is mass, g is gravitational acceleration, and h is height. 3) Kinetic energy refers to the energy of motion and depends on an object's mass and speed, calculated as KE = 1/2mv^2, where m is mass and v is speed. Kinetic energy

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    1) Potential energy is the stored energy of an object due to its position. Gravitational potential energy specifically refers to the energy stored due to an object's vertical position or height above a defined zero point, usually the ground or a tabletop. 2) Gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to both the mass of an object and its height. It can be calculated using the equation PE = mgh, where m is mass, g is gravitational acceleration, and h is height. 3) Kinetic energy refers to the energy of motion and depends on an object's mass and speed, calculated as KE = 1/2mv^2, where m is mass and v is speed. Kinetic energy

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    1) Potential energy is the stored energy of an object due to its position. Gravitational potential energy specifically refers to the energy stored due to an object's vertical position or height above a defined zero point, usually the ground or a tabletop. 2) Gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to both the mass of an object and its height. It can be calculated using the equation PE = mgh, where m is mass, g is gravitational acceleration, and h is height. 3) Kinetic energy refers to the energy of motion and depends on an object's mass and speed, calculated as KE = 1/2mv^2, where m is mass and v is speed. Kinetic energy

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    Lucia Seventh-day Adventist Academy


    Physics Notes
    Form 5
    October 18, 2016.

    Potential Energy
    An object can store energy as the result of its position.
    Examples:
    The heavy ball of a demolition machine when it is held at an elevated position.
    A drawn bow
    Potential energy is the stored energy of position possessed by an object.

    Gravitational Potential Energy


    Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored in an object as the result of its vertical position
    or height.
    The energy is stored as the result of the gravitational attraction of the Earth for the object. The
    gravitational potential energy of the massive ball of a demolition machine is dependent on two
    variables
    1. The mass of the ball and
    2. The height to which it is raised.
    There is a direct proportional relation between gravitational potential energy and the mass of an
    object. (More massive objects have greater gravitational potential energy.)
    There is also a directly proportional relation between gravitational potential energy and the
    height of an object. (The higher that an object is elevated, the greater the gravitational potential
    energy.)
    These relationships are expressed by the following equation:
    PE grav = mass g height

    PEgrav = m * g h
    Where,
    m represents the mass of the object,
    h represents the height of the object and
    g represents the gravitational field strength (9.8 N/kg on Earth) - also referred to as the
    acceleration of gravity.
    To determine the gravitational potential energy of an object, a zero height position must first be
    assigned.
    Teacher Explanation: Typically, the ground is considered
    to be a position of zero height. But this is merely an
    arbitrarily assigned position that most people agree
    upon. Since many of our labs are done on tabletops, it is
    often customary to assign the tabletop to be the zero
    height position. Again this is merely arbitrary. If the
    tabletop is the zero position, then the potential energy of
    an object is based upon its height relative to the tabletop.
    For example, a pendulum bob swinging to and from
    above the tabletop has a potential energy that can be measured based on its height above the
    tabletop. By measuring the mass of the bob and the height of the bob above the tabletop, the
    potential energy of the bob can be determined.
    Since the gravitational potential energy of an object is directly proportional to its height above
    the zero position, a doubling of the height will result in a doubling of the gravitational
    potential energy. A tripling of the height will result in a tripling of the gravitational
    potential energy.
    Kinetic Energy
    Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. An object that has motion - whether it is vertical or
    horizontal motion - has kinetic energy.
    There are many forms of kinetic energy.
    Examples:
    1. Vibrational (the energy due to vibrational motion),
    2. Rotational (the energy due to rotational motion),
    3. Translational (the energy due to motion from one location to another).

    The amount of translational kinetic energy (from here on, the phrase kinetic energy will refer to
    translational kinetic energy) that an object has depends upon two variables:
    the mass (m) of the object and
    the speed (v) of the object.
    The following equation is used to represent the kinetic energy (KE) of an object.
    KE = 0.5 m v2
    where m = mass of object
    v = speed of object
    NB: Kinetic energy is a scalar quantity; it does not have a direction.
    Unlike velocity, acceleration, force, and momentum, the kinetic energy of an object is
    completely described by magnitude alone. Like work and potential energy, the standard metric
    unit of measurement for kinetic energy is the Joule.
    As might be implied by the above equation, 1 Joule is equivalent to 1 kg*(m/s)^2.

    1 Joule = 1 kg m2/s2

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