Work, Energy, & Power Web Quest

Go http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/ and answer the following questions.

1. When is work done on an object?
Take the Quick Quiz
2. What is the formula for work?
3. What angle do you use in the work equation?
Click on the Animation button

Which path requires the most energy?

4. A car travels up three different roadways from the base of a mountain to the top of the mountain. Which
path would require the most energy (gasoline) - the steepest path, the least steep path, or would both
paths require the same energy? EXPLAIN.

Try some problems under Check Your Understanding. Then click on Potential Energy
5. What is potential energy?
6. What is gravitational PE and give the formula?
7. Before determining gravitational PE what must you do first?
Try the Quick Quiz
8. What is elastic potential energy? What is the formula?
Click on Kinetic Energy
9. What is kinetic energy?
10. What is the kinetic energy formula?
11. What will happen to your Kinetic energy if you triple your speed?

Click on Mechanical Energy

12. When work is done on an object, what does the object gain?
13. What is mechanical energy?
14. Give an example of something that shows mechanical energy is the ability to do work.

Click on Power
15. What is power? Give the formula.
16. What unit is used to measure power?
Try the 2 Quick Quizzes then click on Analysis of Situations Involving External Force
17. What is the relationship between work and mechanical energy?
Click on Animation How far will it Skid? (below blue car problem)
18. If you double your speed what happens to your stopping distance? If you triple your speed?
19. The amount of energy gained is equal to ________________________________________.
Try the practice problems.
Click on Analysis of Situations Where Mechanical Energy is Conserved
20. What does it mean when energy is conserved?
21.

Which point has the greatest potential energy? _______

Which point has the greatest Kinetic energy? ________
How much Mechanical energy is lost? __________

Complete the Application and Practice Questions

22.

In calculations we commonly ignore friction, but in reality what does friction do during the course of
motion?

More Forces and Motion

Design a Roller Coaster http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html
Design your roller coaster to achieve an overall thumbs up rating for Fun and Safety. List below what the
individual designs would have to be for
1. Height of the First Hill =
2. Shape of the First Hill =
3. The Exit Path =
4. Height of the Second Hill =
5. The Loop =
Skateboard Science http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/
1. What is an Ollie?
2. Describe the physics of another trick

Fear of Physics http://www.fearofphysics.com/index1.html

1. Click on Collisions. What did you learn?

2. Click on Roller Coasters. What did you learn?

3. Click on Seesaws. What did you learn?

4. Click on Swinging Pendulums. What did you learn?

The Experiments of Galileo http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/galileo.html

Perform the experiments of Galileo Falling Objects / Projectiles / Inclined Planes / Pendulums
What did you learn?

Physical Processes http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/

1. Click on Electrical Circuits. Play the Game, Read, then take the Quiz. What did you learn?
2. Click on Electrical Conductors. Play the Game, Read, then take the Quiz. What did you learn?
3. Click on Forces. Play the Game, Read, then take the Quiz. What did you learn?
4. Click on Magnets. Play the Game, Read, then take the Quiz. What did you learn?

Neo-K12 http://NeoK12.com/user/godsey use guest password 234234

1. Click on Video: What is Work. Answer the following questions
a. Is the weight lifter doing the same amount of work when he lifts the 1200N barbell 1m as
when he lifts the same barbell 2m? _______Explain

b. What is work in physics?

c. What is a joule?

2. Click on Video: Mechanical Advantage and Friction

a. How do machines make work easier?

b. How do you find mechanical advantage of a lever?

c. What causes the mechanical advantage of the inclined plane to be less than that of the lever?

3. Click on Diagram: Label the Diagram of Simple Machines

a. What was your score?
b. What did you struggle with?
4. Click on Video: Work, Force, Energy and Motion
a. Is Norbert doing work when he is picking up books or when he is carrying them somewhere?
Explain.

b. What is the relationship between work and energy?

c. How are work and energy related mathematically?

5. Click on Diagram: Identify and Label the Forms of Energy
a. What was your score?
b. What did you struggle with?
6. Click on Video: Bowling Ball Conservation of Energy
a. Explain the law of conservation of energy in your own words?
b. Why does the bowling ball not hit the people in the face?
7. Click on Video: Friction
a. What is friction?
b. What are 3 examples of friction?

c. Why could a car not move without friction?