4.3.2 - Potential Energy
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Practice Questions
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Define potential energy in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about energy that is not currently in motion.
What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?
💡 Hint: What are the variables involved in calculating potential energy?
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What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?
💡 Hint: Its variables depend on mass, height, and gravity.
True or False: Potential energy can change into kinetic energy.
💡 Hint: Consider examples like falling objects.
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A 12 kg rock is dropped from a height of 20 meters. Calculate the potential energy at the top and discuss what happens to this energy as it falls.
💡 Hint: Use PE = mgh for the calculation and consider energy transformation.
You have a pendulum with a mass of 3 kg that swings to a maximum height of 2 meters. Calculate the maximum potential energy and explain its role in the pendulum's motion.
💡 Hint: Think about the energy changes between the highest and lowest points of the swing.
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