PHY 101 - Meeting #5
Topic(s)
Energy and its interconnection:
Kinetic energy
Work
Mechanical energy
The conservation of mechanical energy
Thermal energy
Reading List
Pages 111-133
Objectives
Be able to expalin what is meant by "conservation of energy"
Be able to define kinetic energy in words and by an equation
Be able to define work
Be able to state the work-energy theorem
Know when a force does zero work
Be able to define gravitational potential energy
Be able to describe and apply the conservation of mechanical energy
Understand the transformaton of energy from one form to another
Know where the energy "eaten" by friction goes
Homework
Chapter 7 Questions: 1, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 23, 26, 38, 41, 45, 53
Chapter 7 Exercises: 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18