P 6 Reviewer
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WORK - the product of the net force acting on a body and the distance moved inthe direction of the
force (si unit: j - joules)
POWER - the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred over time. it quantifies how quickly
energy is used or produced.
- work produced over time. (si unit: w - watts)
ENERGY - “ability to do work, which is the ability to exert a force causing displacement of an object. ”
- energy is just the force that causes things to move.
TYPES OF ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY - stored energy that depends upon the relative position of various parts of a
system.
KINETIC ENERGY - the energy an object has because of its motion.
GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY - the energy stored in an object due to its height, or vertical
position from the zero position, usually the surface of the earth.
HEAT ENERGY - heat is the transfer of energy from a high-temperature body to a lower-temperature
one.
RADIANT ENERGY - energy that is transferred by electromagnetic radiation, which may be described in
terms of either discrete packets of energy, called photons, or continuous electromagnetic waves.
- EX. light, x-rays, gamma rays, and thermal radiation
CHEMICAL POTENTIALL ENERGY - the energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance
ELECTRIC ENERGY - is a type of kinetic energy caused by moving electric charges.
NUCLEAR ENERGY - a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of
protons and neutrons
LESSON 5.3
GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY - stored energy influenced by an object’s distance from the
ground.
KINETIC ENERGY - the energy of a moving object.
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - states that “The energy in an isolated system is conserved.”
MECHANICAL ENERGY - the sum of PE and KE in a system. It represents the energy associated with
the motion and position of an object.
MACHINES - mechanical devices which make certain tasks much easier to execute.
LESSON 5.5
TERMINAL VELOCITY - the velocity where air resistance is great enough to prevent a falling object
from falling further.
-EX. Skydiving
ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY - uses the symbol “G”.
- G = 9.8m/s²
PENDULUM - a body sus[ended from a fixed point so that it can swing back and forth under the
influence of gravity.
TYPES OF PENDULUM
SIMPLE PENDULUM - a mass (or bob) attached to the end of a string or rod of fixed length that swings
back and forth under the influence of gravity.
-EX. Swing Set, Clock Pendulum, Tetherball
PHYSICAL PENDULUM - consists of a rigid body that swings back and forth around a pivot point,
rather than just a point mass on a string.
-EX. Swinging Door, Wrecking Ball, Car Trunk Lid
LESSON 6.2
KEPLER’S LAW - Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe both produced a set of laws which explains the
motion of the planets.
- These laws were developed to describe not only the orbits of the planets around the
sun, but also to the orbit of the satellites.
KEPLER’S FIRST LAW (LAW OF ORBITS) - planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths, with the sun
at one of the two foci of the ellipse.
KEPLER’S SECOND LAW (LAW OF AREAS) - a line segment joining a planet and the sun
sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
KEPLER’S THIRD LAW (LAW OF PERIODS) - the square of the orbital period (T) of a planet is
directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (A) of its orbit.