Mission WE10: Work-Energy Analysis

Mission WE10 focuses on the mathematical relationships between the work done by non-conservative forces and the kinetic and potential energies of an object. Energy formulas will have to be used to calculate such quantities as work, kinetic energy, potential energy, speed, and height. The mission consists of 16 questions organized into 8 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcome for this mission is ...
 

Learning Outcome

• The student should be able to conduct an energy analysis to determine the kinetic and/or the potential energy of an object at a given location.

 

Launch Mission WE10

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom - Work, Energy and Power Unit, Lesson 2, Part b
 

• How is mass, speed and height information related to the potential energy of an object?
• How is mass, speed and height information related to the kinetic energy of an object?
• How is the work done upon an object calculated?
• How can amount of work and energy be related in situations in which external (non-conservative) forces are doing work?

 

Video Tutorials:

Forces, Energy and System Analysis

External Energy Transfer

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: