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7HAT )S %NERGY
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!FTER YOU READ THIS SECTION YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS
s (OW ARE ENERGY AND WORK RELATED
s (OW IS KINETIC ENERGY DIFFERENT FROM POTENTIAL ENERGY
s 7HAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY
7HAT )S %NERGY
! TENNIS PLAYER NEEDS ENERGY TO HIT A BALL WITH HER
RACKET 4HE BALL HAS ENERGY AS IT FLIES THROUGH THE AIR
%NERGY IS ALL AROUND YOU BUT WHAT IS ENERGY
)N SCIENCE ENERGY IS THE ABILITY TO DO WORK 7ORK IS
DONE WHEN A FORCE MAKES AN OBJECT MOVE IN THE DIRECTION
OF THE APPLIED FORCE (OW DO ENERGY AND WORK HELP YOU
PLAY TENNIS 4HE TENNIS PLAYER DOES WORK ON HER RACKET
BY APPLYING A FORCE TO IT 4HE RACKET DOES WORK ON THE
BALL TO MAKE IT FLY INTO THE AIR
7HEN THE RACKET DOES WORK ON THE BALL ENERGY MOVES
FROM THE RACKET TO THE BALL %NERGY IS THE REASON THE RACKET
CAN DO WORK 3O WORK IS THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY "OTH WORK
AND ENERGY ARE WRITTEN IN THE UNITS JOULES *
345$9 4)0
-AKE A 6ENN $IAGRAM TO
COMPARE AND CONTRAST KINETIC
ENERGY AND POTENTIAL ENERGY
-AKE A LIST OF OTHER FORMS
OF ENERGY AND TELL IF THEY ARE
KINETIC ENERGY OR POTENTIAL
ENERGY
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