chapter 13: work and energy section 3: what is energy?
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CHAPTER 13: WORK AND ENERGY
SECTION 3: WHAT IS ENERGY?
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ENERGY AND WORK• WHENEVER WORK IS DONE, ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED OR IS TRANSFERRED
FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER SYSTEM
• DEFINITION OF ENERGY: THE ABILITY TO DO WORK
• ENERGY COMES IN MANY FORMS:
• NUCLEAR
• CHEMICAL
• MECHANICAL
• HEAT
• SOUND
• ENERGY IS MEASURED IN JOULES (J)… JUST LIKE WORK!
The ones we are talking about in physical science.
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TYPES OF MECHANICAL ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
• THE ENERGY THAT AN OBJECT HAS BECAUSE OF THE POSITION, SHAPE, OR CONDITION OF THE OBJECT.
• TWO TYPES:
• ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
• GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
• THE ENERGY THAT AN OBJECT HAS DUE TO THE OBJECT’S MOTION
𝑃𝐸𝑔= h𝑚𝑔
𝐾𝐸=12𝑚𝑣2
Total mechanical energy = PE + KE
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MORE ABOUT POTENTIAL ENERGY
• SOMETIMES THIS TYPE OF ENERGY IS REFERRED TO AS STORED ENERGY
• ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY DEPENDS ON HOW STRETCHED OR COMPRESSED THE OBJECT IS
• GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY DEPENDS ON
• THE MASS OF THE OBJECT
• THE RELATIVE HEIGHT
• RELATIVE TO WHERE THE REFERENCE POINT IS DEFINED
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MORE ABOUT KINETIC ENERGY
• KINETIC ENERGY DEPENDS ON
• THE MASS OF THE OBJECT
• HOW FAST THE OBJECT IS MOVING
• BECAUSE VELOCITY IS SQUARED, KE DEPENDS ON SPEED MORE THAN MASS
• ATOMS AND MOLECULES HAVE KINETIC ENERGY, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS MOVING.
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OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS INVOLVE POTENTIAL ENERGY
• PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THE PROCESS THAT TURNS ENERGY FROM THE SUN INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY THAT IS STORED IN SUGARS AND OTHER MOLECULES IN CELLS
• WHEN YOU EAT, YOU ARE EATING STORED ENERGY… POTENTIAL ENERGY
• THE SUN GETS ENERGY FROM NUCLEAR REACTIONS, CALLED NUCLEAR FUSION
• ENERGY CAN BE STORED IN FIELDS
• EARTH’S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STORES GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
• ELECTRIC FIELDS STORE ELECTRICAL ENERGY