Unit 6: Energy Transformations Web Quest

P3.2B - Work - I can compare work done in different situations.

Go to http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/u5l1a.cfm
Define work:

Use the examples below. Determine if work is being done or not then explain
why.
Statement
A teacher applies a force to a wall and becomes exhausted. WORK
Why?

NO WORK

A book falls off a table and free falls to the ground. WORK NO WORK
Why?

A waiter carries a tray full of meals above his head by one arm straight across the room
at constant speed. (Careful! This is a very difficult question that will be discussed in more
detail later.) WORK
NO WORK
Why?

A rocket accelerates through space. WORK

Why?

NO WORK

Mathematically, work can be expressed by the following equation. WORK

Why?

NO WORK

At the end of the page, choose one activity you do (or have done). Determine
how many calories you would burn in 30 minutes of that kind of work.
Activity:

Calories Burned:

P4.2C - Energy Conservation - I can explain how energy is conserved in common

systems.
Go to http://www.energykids.eu/energy-transform
What are the seven main forms of energy? Describe each kind.

You eat a hamburger for dinner and are able to shovel the driveway. Explain how there is
energy in the hamburger and how it got there (create a chain showing the flow of
energy).

P4.2D - Stored Energy

3 - I can explain why all the stored energy in gasoline does not transform to mechanical
energy in a vehicle.
Go to http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml
Study the diagram. How much gas is actually used to move the car?
What are some of the other forms of energy that the gas is converted to?

Why is this page incorrect when it says the rest of the energy is lost in the engine?

Go to
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/transportation/consumer_tips/vehicle_energy_loss
es.html
How is energy lost when using an internal combustion engine in a car?

P4.3A - Forms of Energy

3 - I can identify the form of energy in given situations.
Go to http://www.virtuelleschule.at/mobil_en/energy/energy.swf
Click on Forms of Energy
Read the five sections and answer the following questions.
1. Wind energy is ______________________.
2. How much is the energy from the sun, which impact on the earth, bigger than
energy needs of mankind?
3. In which country 60% of the required energy is produced from hydropower?
4. Energy is ____________________.
5. How much % of world energy is generated by nuclear energy?
6. Since the measurement solar energy is _________________________________.
7. Plants need energy to ___________________.
8. Energy is needed to ____________________.
9. What determines the percentage distribution of solar energy?
10.
Since when nuclear fission is used?

P4.3B - Potential and Kinetic Energy

3 - I can describe the transformation between potential and kinetic energy in simple
mechanical systems.
Go to
http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/energy/section_1/topics/energy_transformations/ener
gy_transformations.html
Read Topics and summarize What Is Energy?
Explain how the plant grows using energy.

Explain how the volcano erupts using energy.

What are three things energy can produce?

Potential & Kinetic Energy

What are examples in real life of potential energy?

What are examples in real life of kinetic energy?

P4.3C - Mechanical Systems

3 - I can explain why all mechanical systems require an external energy source to
maintain their motion.