Catalyst Monday 11/24/14

1. What is work? Put it in your own words.

2. Think about the word power Define it in your
own words.
3. When you carry a heavy bag of groceries from
your car to your kitchen, what does most of the
work, your arms or your legs? Explain why

today
Essential Questions:
How are work and energy related?
How does energy affect the motion of an
object?

Agenda
(7) Catalyst & Answers
(13) Work & Power Notes
(10) Work & Power Practice
(25) Simple Machines Notes
(25) Simple Machines Practice
(10) Exit Ticket

Unit 8 - Energy

Heat
Temperature
Thermal Energy
Work
Power
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy

Work
Work is the result of a force that causes the movement of an
object

Work

Not Work

Is it work?
1. Ask yourself Is there a force and is the
object moving?
2. Yes Work IS being done!
No Work is NOT being done.

Work or Not Work? CFU #2

Work or Not Work? : If there is a force and distance involved, work
has been done on the object.
___ When pushing a 1000 N car 20 meters?
___ When lifting a rock off the ground?
___ When holding a book in their hands?
___ When pushing hard against a brick wall?
___ When walking up the stairs?

Work Formula
Work = Force (N) x distance (m)
Work is energy and is measured in joules . It is how we do
things.
Example 1: A ball with a weight of 30N is kicked 2 meters
in the air. What work has been done?
W=FxD
W = (30N)(2m)
W = 60 Joules

Essential Question
1. How are work and energy related?
What is work?
How is work done?
What happens when you do work?
Where does that energy go?

Essential Question
1. How does energy affect the motion of an object?
What is motion?
What type of energy is motion?
What if you increase the Kinetic energy? What
happens to the object?
What else increases?

Power
Power is the rate at which you
do work.
Power is measured in watts.

Power Formula

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Power (Watts) = work (Joules) / time (s)

Example 1: An electric motor does 200 Joules of work in 12 s.
Find the power.
P = W/T
P = 200J / 12s
P = 16.7 watts

Our Formulas
Work(J) = Force(N) x distance(m)
Power(W) = Work(J) / time(s)

Guided Practice #1
You push a box with a force of 25N 5 meters. How much
work did you do?
W= Force x Distance, W= (25N)(5m)
W = 125 joules of work
A furniture mover lifts a box weighing 500N into the back of
his truck which is 1.5 meters above the ground. How
much work has been done?
W = F x D, W = (500N)(1.5m)
W= 750 joules of work

Guided Practice #2
You do 45 J of work in 3 seconds. How much power do
you use?
P= W/T, P = 45J / 3s
P= 15 watts
If 30 Joules of work has been done to move a box 10
meters, what force was applied?
W= F x D => F= W/D, F = 30J / 10M
F= 3N

Work and Power

Joe pushes a box with 50 N of force across a distance of
12m. If it took him 8s to push the box, how much power did
he use?
What must we find first?
Work!
W = F x D = 600 joules
Then
Power:
P = W/T = 75 watts.

Power
Obj. 3.1.4

1. What determines if work has occurred or not?

2. If I use 10N of Force to push an object 3m, how
much work has been done?
3. What does power measure?
4. If 200J of work is done in 6 seconds, what is the
power of this machine?
5. If a 15W lightbulb is on for 30 s, how much work
has been done?