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WORK, POWER, and ENERGY

This section provides activities on work, power and energy. Specifically, this will help you
learn the different types of energy and their transformations. Refer your answers on page 278-
298.

Mechanical Energy

I. Complete each statement.

1. Energy can be _________________, ______________________ and/or _________________.

2. _____________________ energy is the energy acquired by objects upon which work is
done.
3. There are _______ categories of mechanical energy: __________________________ and
______________________________________.
4. _________________________ is the energy in matter due to arrangement of its parts, its
composition, location, and structure. It is ______________ energy.
5. The equation of potential energy is ___________________________.
6. The two forms of potential energy are ______________________ and _________________.
7. ________________________ is the energy in moving matter and wave.
8. The equation of kinetic energy is ______________________.
9. The five forms of kinetic energy are ___________________, _________________,
____________________, _____________________ and ______________________.

Energy Transformations

10. Energy flow causes _______________ through __________________ and ________________.

11. Energy cannot be ________________ nor ________________________.
12. Energy is _________________________ from form to another or ____________________ from
one system to another.
13. Energy flows from a __________________ as ____________ system into an ____________
system during _________________ and/or ______________________________.
14. The loss in potential energy is a gain as kinetic energy is known as Law of
_______________________________________.

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy

15. It is the exchange of potential and kinetic energy is known as _______________________.

16. The ______________________ is the sum of the object’s potential and kinetic energy. It
remains __________________ at all points of the system.
17. The equation of the total mechanical energy is _______________________________.

II. Identify the specific type and general type of energy. Refer your answers to the Table 1.

Table 1. Specific and general types of energy

Specific General
Gravitational
Potential
Elastic
Motion
Radiant
Sound Kinetic
Thermal
Wave

Representation Specific General

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III. Identify the energy transformations in the following pictures.

Representation Input Process Output

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IV. Solve the following situations. Show your proof on each box.

KE= ½mv² PE = magh TME = KE + PE

1. A toy car moves along a frictionless surface with a uniform speed of 6m/s. What is its
kinetic energy?

2. Budoy, a junior high school student, lifts a 3-kg book from the floor into a cabinet 2.0 m high.
With reference to the floor, how much potential energy does the book acquire?

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3. The potential energy of a 4-kg object on top of a hill is 72 J. What is its velocity in m/s as it
hits the ground?

IV. Determine the potential and kinetic energy of the roller coaster on the following points. One
is done for you.

A B C D

Potential Energy Kinetic Energy Total Mechanical Energy,

(PE) (KE) (TME)
At the top of the half of the
75 J 25 J 100J
original height, D
1. At the top of the ride, A
2. Midway of the ride, B
3. At the lowest point of ride, C

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