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Work and Energy Notes (Etkina 6 & Knight 8.3 & 10) Flashcards

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work is equivalent to changes in the system’s

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energy

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higher above Earth: greater

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gravitational potential energy

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faster an object is moving: greater

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kinetic energy

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elastic potential energy is the energy associated with an elastic object’s

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degree of stretch

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greater stretch/compression: greater

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elastic potential energy

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energy associated with both temperature and structure is called

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internal energy

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when the external force is in the direction of the object’s displacement, the external force does …, causing the system to …

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positive work; gain energy

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if the external force points opposite a system object’s displacement, the external force does …, causing the system’s energy to …

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negative work; decrease

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in the external force points perpendicular to a system object’s displacement, the external force does … work on the system, causing … to its energy

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zero; no change

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work is a … physical quantity. F is always …, distance (d) is always …. Only … can negate the value for work

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scalar; positive; positive; the angle

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if there is no work done on the system, the energy of the system should be

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constant

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energy is a … quantity: it is constant in an … system and changes as a result of … done on a … system

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conserved; isolated; work; nonisolated

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law of conservation of energy: the sum of the initial energies of a system plus the work done on the system by external forces equals the sum of the

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final energies of the system

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it is preferable to have a … system so that the changes occurring can be included as … within the system rather than as the … done by external forces

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larger; energy changes; work

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the gravitational potential energy of an object-Earth system is Ug =

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mgy

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y is the position of the object with respect to the … of a … coordinate system

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zero; vertical

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if earth is not included in the system, earth would be an … doing … on the system. The choice of system, though, … affect the result of analysis

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external object; positive work; does not

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when you stretch or compress an elastic spring-like object, you have to pull or push harder the more the object is stretched or compressed. the force is not …

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constant

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the coefficient of proportionality, k, in the equation F= kx, is called the ….

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spring constant

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… springs have larger values of k

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stiffer

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for k = 1 N/m, to stretch a spring by 1.0 m we would have to exert a

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1.0 N force

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Hooke’s law: if any object causes a spring to stretch/compress, the spring exerts an … on that object. The spring constant k is measured in N/m and is a measure of the …. of the spring
X or l is the … that the object has been stretched/compressed
F =

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elastic force; stiffness; distance; kx

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elastic potential energy equation: Us =

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1/2kx^2

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a change in the internal energy can be caused by

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change in internal (thermal) energy =
friction force * d
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for change in internal energy, friction force is ..., increase in internal is shared between the ... and the ...
average; moving object; surface
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the rate at which conversion of energy occurs is called
power
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the power of a process is the amount of some type of ... converted into a different type divided by the ... in which the process occurred. if the process involves external forces doing work, then power can also be defined as the magnitude of the ... done on or by the system divided by the ... needed for that work to be done
energy; time interval; work; time interval
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power is defined in ..., which is ...
watts; 1 joule/second
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1 horsepower (hp) = ... W
746
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a force that restored a system to an equilibrium position is called a .... systems that exhibit such restoring forces are called ...
restoring force; elastic
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when no forces act on a spring to compress or extend it, it will rest at its ...
equilibrium length
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spring force is proportional to the ... of the end of the spring --> ... relationship
displacement; linear
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if k is large, it takes a ... pull to cause a significant stretch, and we call the spring a "..." spring. If k is small, we can stretch the spring with .... force, and we call it a "..." spring
large; stiff; very little; soft
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energy of one kind can be ... into energy of another kind
transformed
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energy transformations are changes of energy ... the system from one form to another
within
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an exchange of energy between system and environment is called an .... Two primary processes: ... and ...
energy transfer; work; heat
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work: ... transfer of energy to or from a system by .../... it
mechanical; pushing; pulling
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heat: ... transfer of energy from the environment to the system (or vice versa) because of a ... between the two
nonmechanical; temperature difference
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no work is done on an .... system, and therefore, the total energy of such a system is ...
isolated; conserved
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in order for energy to be transferred as work, the system must undergo a ... during the time that the force is applied
displacement
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the larger the displacement, the ... the work done. the stronger the force, the ... the work done
greater; greater
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the ... is the unit of all forms of energy
joule
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work is a ... quantity, having a magnitude but no ...
scalar; direction
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a force does the greatest possible amount of work on an object when the force points in the ... as the object's ...
same direction; displacement
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the sign of work is determined entirely by the ... between the ... and the ...
angle theta; force; displacement
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the total work is the sum of the work done by each .... and represents the total ... to the system from the environment or from the system to the environment
force; energy transfer
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if the object undergoes no displacement while the force acts, ... work is done. a force ... to the displacement does no work. if the part of the object on which the force acts undergoes ..., no work is done
no; perpendicular; no displacement
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translational kinetic energy: kinetic energy of an object moving along a ... or some other ...
line; path
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the kinetic energy of a rolling object is always ... than that of a nonrotating object moving at the same speed
greater
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stored energy --> ... energy --> has the ... to be converted into other forms of energy
potential; potential
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interaction forces that can store useful energy (e.g. gravitational/ elastic potential energy) are called ... forces. mechanical energy of a system is conserved when only ... act
conservative; conservative forces
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nonconservative force example:
friction
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only ... in potential energy are significant, when it comes to analyzing potential energy
changes
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gravitational potential energy depends only on the ... of an object and not on the ... the object took to get to that position
height; path
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spring force is not a ... force, so ... is used
constant; average
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the sum of the kinetic and potential energies is called the ... of the system
mechanical energy
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the mechanical energy is conserved for an ... system without ...
isolated; friction
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a collision in which mechanical energy is conserved is called a ... collision. the collision must obey two conservation laws: conservation of ... and conservation of .... Although the energy is transformed into potential energy during the collision, the mechanical energy before and after the collision is purely ....
perfectly elastic; momentum; mechanical energy; kinetic energy

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