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Learning Introductory Physics with Activities

Paul J. Emigh, Rebecka Tumblin, Kathryn Hadley, Danielle Skinner

Chapter 8 Energy

In this chapter you will focus on the topics of energy.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
  1. Define work
  2. Define kinetic energy
  3. Evaluate the relationship between work and kinetic energy
  4. Represent energy concepts using multiple representations (diagrams, graphs, words, equations)
  5. Define a system
  6. Define potential energy for a system
  7. Define mechanical energy and determine when mechanical energy is conserved in a system
  8. Analyze a system using a conservation of energy approach
  9. Draw diagrams useful for analysis of a system using an energy approach
  10. Analyze energy diagrams depicting the total energy as the sum of potential and kinetic energy
  11. Differentiate between conservative and non-conservative forces in an energy framework
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