Energy/Work help with truth or false

  • Thread starter Thread starter songokou77
  • Start date Start date
Click For Summary

Homework Help Overview

The discussion revolves around the concepts of energy, work, and power, specifically evaluating statements related to the conservation of energy and the definitions of work in physics. Participants are analyzing true or false claims regarding these principles.

Discussion Character

  • Conceptual clarification, Assumption checking

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • Participants are questioning the validity of the original poster's answers to the true/false statements, suggesting a reevaluation of specific claims. There are discussions about the definitions of power, work, and energy transformations.

Discussion Status

Some participants have expressed agreement with certain answers while challenging others, indicating a mix of interpretations and reasoning. Guidance has been offered regarding the definitions of mechanical energy and power, but no consensus has been reached on the correctness of the original answers.

Contextual Notes

Participants are operating under the assumption that the statements are to be evaluated in the context of classical mechanics, and there is a focus on the definitions and relationships between energy, work, and power.

songokou77
Messages
16
Reaction score
0
Here it is:
A) Energy conservation law for a projectile (no friction): Potential energy decrease equals the kinetic energy increase.
B) More power is required while slowly lifting a box than while lifting it up quickly.
C) Work cannot be done in the absence of motion.
D) Energy is required to do work.
E) Work is done when the form of energy changes.
F) Without friction, the sum of the potential and kinetic energies of a body is constant.

I figure it's FTFTFF any corrections would nbe greatly appreciated
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Is it just me or are all or nearly all your answers opposite what they should be?

Edit: Here's some help for A-D

Mechanical energy = potential energy + kinetic energy.
Power = Work/Time
Work = Force * Displacement
Work's unit is the Joule
 
Last edited by a moderator:
I agree with your answers to b), d) and e), but I think you need to rethink the others.

Claude.
 
Thanks, now I got TFTTTT I'm almost completely certain I am correct.
 
Are you sure?

Power = Energy/time;

Just by looking at the equation for power it should be obvious that to do more work per unit time (i.e. do something quickly) you need more power.

Also, with regard to part e), I can think of lots of situations where energy changes from one form to another without work being done. Find a wall, push on it, energy is being converted from chemical to heat energy, but no work is being done.

Claude.
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 58 ·
2
Replies
58
Views
4K
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
2K
  • · Replies 33 ·
2
Replies
33
Views
4K
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
2K
Replies
7
Views
2K
Replies
9
Views
3K
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
5K
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
6K