Physics by Example
By Tim Prichard
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Physics by Example - Tim Prichard
radiation
ENERGY
Energy transformations
The conservation of energy:
Energy can’t be created or destroyed but only changed from one form into another.
Explain the energy changes for the following situations:
1) A stone falling off a ledge.
2) A light bulb being switched on.
3) An electric car moving.
4) Switching on a battery-operated fan.
Answers:
1) GPE → KE → sound + thermal
GPE = gravitational potential energy (energy because of an object’s height/position)
KE = kinetic energy (movement energy)
Note: the stone is high up so it has GPE, it falls so it is moving (KE), then hits the floor/ground which you can hear and heat will be lost to the surroundings.
2) Electrical → light + heat
Note: light bulbs get hot as a lot of energy is lost as heat.
3) Chemical → electrical → KE
Note: batteries (cells) are a store of chemical energy which is converted into electricity in the wires of the device.
4) Chemical → electrical → KE
Key point: heat is always lost in an energy transformation.
The conservation of energy
1) What energy changes happen when a pendulum swings?
2) Describe the energy changes when a bungee jumper jumps off a bridge.
Answers:
1) At the top of the swing or start, the pendulum ‘bob’ has 100% gravitational potential energy (GPE). As the ‘bob’ swings down it gains kinetic energy (KE) because it is increasing in speed. When the ‘bob’ is at the bottom of the swing, for a moment in time it has 100% KE and no potential energy (PE). As it starts to swing upwards, the KE decreases and PE starts to increase. Halfway up or down the swing the pendulum has 50% KE and 50% PE.
Note: You may be asked why the pendulum stops swinging. This is due to air resistance pushing against the pendulum and also friction at the top of the pendulum. You can call air resistance ‘drag’, but air resistance is more accurate.
2) In the very first moment the jumper has 100% GPE. As soon as the jumper starts accelerating towards the Earth GPE starts to decrease and KE increases. The rope becomes tight, slowing the jumper down, so KE decreases but as the rope stretches, its own elastic energy increases. This elastic energy continues to increase until the jumper reaches the bottom of the jump or maximum length of the bungee cord. For an instant the KE is zero , GPE is zero and all the energy has been transferred to elastic potential energy. The jumper then starts to move back upwards so KE increases, as does GPE. GPE will not reach its initial value as the jumper would not reach the start height. This is because energy will be dissipated to the surroundings due to air resistance and a small amount of heat loss through friction.
Energy and work done
energy is the ability to do work.
When energy is transferred, work is done.
The formula for work done is:
Work done = force × distance moved
This can be put into a triangular relationship as follows:
Examples
1) A builder lifts a 25 kg bag of cement onto a lorry 1.5 m high. How much work did he do lifting the cement?
Answer:
Work = force × distance moved
= (25 × 10) × 1.5
= 250 × 1.5
= 375 Joules
Note: We have to change the mass in kg into a force in newtons by multiplying the mass by 10, which is the effect of gravity. The question will tell you gravity is 10 or more accurately 9.8 m/s².
2) How much work would be done pushing a shopping trolley with 15 kg of shopping in it 300 m around a shop?
Answer:
Work = force × distance moved
= (15 × 10) × 300
= 45,000 Joules or 45 kJ
Note: We can use the prefix ‘k’ for kilo meaning 1000, so we do not need to use the three zeros in the first answer.
3) If a water-skier was pulled with a force of 700 N across a lake and the work done was 420 kJ, how far was the water-skier pulled?
Answer:
= 420 kJ/700 N = 600 m
Note: again we had to change the 420 kJ into 420,000 J to get the answer in metres.
4) A student calculated she used 26.1 Joules of energy when she lifted a 3 kg mass onto a table. How high was the table?
Answer:
= 0.87 m or 87 cm
5) What force is required to move a pile of books 50 cm if the work done is 300 J?
Answer:
= 600 N
Note: the distance in cm is changed to metres, e.g. 0.5 m.
6) A shop worker lifts a box of 12 bags of sugar onto a shelf. If each bag has a mass of 1 kg and the work done is 240 Joules, how high is the shelf?
Answer:
First total mass = 12 × 1 kg
= 12 kg
= 12 × 10
= 120 Newtons
= 2 m
Note: first calculate the total mass, then force in N by multiplying by gravity (10).
Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE)
This is energy an object has because of its height or position. This means the higher up or more unbalanced an object is, the greater its GPE.
To calculate GPE we use the formula:
Gravitational potential energy = mass × gravity × change in height
GPE = m × g × h
Note: GPE is a form of energy so it is measured in Joules. I am using gravity which is short for gravitational field strength. This is a force of 10 N/kg acting downwards.
1) A ball of mass 0.5 kg is kicked 20 m into the air. At the top of its journey, how much GPE does it have?
Note: g = 10
Answer:
GPE = m × g × h
= 0.5 × 10 × 20
= 100 J
2) How much GPE does 2 kg of water have if it flows over a 75 m waterfall? Assume the waterfall is vertical and gravity is 10 N/kg.
Answer:
GPE = m × g × h
= 2 × 10 × 75
= 1500 J
3) A ball is dropped from 2 m onto the ground. It bounces back to a height of 1.9 m. Calculate the GPE both at the start and when it bounced back to 1.9 m. The ball has a mass of 160 g, and gravity is 10 N/kg.
Note: the mass has to be changed into kg by dividing by 1000 g. The mass is therefore 0.16 kg.
Answer:
At the start –
GPE = m × g × h
= 0.16 × 10 × 2
= 3.2 Joules
At the bounce height –
GPE = m × g × h
= 0.16 × 10 × 1.9
= 3.04 Joules
Note: The difference in energy is 0.16 Joules. This means energy has been lost to the surroundings.
4) a) Three people are in a lift. If the lift moves up to the sixth floor, how much GPE do the people have in total?
b) When the lift returns to the ground floor, how much GPE does it have?
Data for calculations:
Person 1 = 76 kg, Person 2 = 80 kg, Person 3 = 98 kg
Gravity = 10 N/kg
Ignore the mass of the lift
Each floor has a height of 3 m
Answers:
a) GPE = mgh
Total mass = 76 kg + 80 kg + 98 kg
= 254 kg
Total height gained at sixth floor = 6 × 3 = 18 m
Total GPE on sixth floor = 254 × 10 × 18
= 45,720 J or 45.72 kJ
b) The answer would be zero. This is because h is zero as the lift is on the ground, and m and g are multiplied by zero.
5) If an aeroplane and its passengers have a total mass of 250,000 kg, and taking gravitational field strength to be 10 N/kg, calculate the height it is travelling at to have a GPE of 5 × 10 ⁹ J.
Answer:
GPE = mgh
5x10⁹ J = 250,000 × 10 × h
5,000,000,000 = 2,500,000 × h
= 2000 m or 2 km
Note: I