05 Energy

Energy (Ch 5)

Schedule

1) Lab: Kinetic & Potential Energy

2) Lab: Roller Coaster Rally! - due by end of Session 12

3) Spiritual Concept: Energy

4) Section Review Questions

  • Section 1 Review - due by midnight Session 5

  • Section 2 Review - due by midnight Session 8

  • Section 3 Review - due by midnight Session 11

5) Quizzes: Section Objectives

    • Quiz: Section 1 Objectives - Session 3

    • Quiz: Section 2 Objectives - Session 6

    • Quiz: Section 3 Objectives - Session 10

6) Test: Chapter 5 - Session 12

Objectives

Section 1: The Nature of Energy

    1. Distinguish between kinetic and potential energy.

    2. Calculate kinetic energy.

    3. Describe different forms of potential energy.

    4. Calculate gravitational potential energy.

Section 2: Conservation of Energy

    1. Describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another.

    2. Explain how the mechanical energy of a system is the sum of the kinetic and potential energy.

    3. Discuss the law of conservation of energy.

Math Skills

    1. Mean or Average

    2. Mechanical energy

    3. Kinetic energy

    4. Potential energy