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Module 4: Energy, work and power
TVET FIRST Engineering Science
N1
Module 4: Energy, work and power
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Unit 4.1:
Energy and conservation of energy
Figure 4.1: What energy conversions take place to enable the
pole-vaulter to clear the bar?
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Different forms of energy
• Kinetic energy
Resulting from motion
1 2
Ek mv
2
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Different forms of energy
• Potential energy
Stored in a body or system
E p mgh
(gravitational potential energy)
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Different forms of energy
• Potential energy
Figure 4.2: Elastic potential energy is stored in the drawn
bowstring and will be transferred to the arrow when it is
released
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Different forms of energy
• Heat energy
Moving / vibrating molecules
• Chemical energy
Stored in bonds between molecules
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Different forms of energy
• Electrical energy
Made available by the flow of electric
charge through a conductor
Figure 4.4: An electric stove
converts electrical energy
into heat energy
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VIDEO: Work and energy
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Conservation of energy
Law of conservation of energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed;
it can only be converted from one form
into another or transferred from one
object to another.
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Conservation of energy
Figure 4.5: Potential energy converted to kinetic energy
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VIDEO: Energy conservation and conversion
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Sources of energy
Figure 4.6: In a coal-burning power station, chemical energy in the
coal is ultimately converted into electrical energy
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Sources of energy
Figure 4.7: In the internal combustion engine of a motor car,
chemical energy is converted to heat energy and then to kinetic
energy, which is then transferred from the pistons to the other
parts that drive the vehicle
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Sources of energy
Figure 4.9: Electrical energy is converted into kinetic energy or heat
energy in appliances such as blenders, toasters, irons, fans and
electric motors
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Activity 4.1
Test your knowledge
of this section by
completing
Activity 4.1
(page 106 of your
Student’s Book)
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Unit 4.2:
Work and power
Figure 4.10: Is this athlete doing work when she pushes against the
wall with all her strength?
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VIDEO: Work and power
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Work done
W f s
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Work done
Figure 4.11: Work is done when a mass is displaced s units horizontally by
force F
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Work done
Figure 4.12: No work is done when two forces act perpendicular to the
direction of the displacement
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Work done
Figure 4.13: Work is done when a mass is lifted
through s units vertically
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Work done
When an applied force is not constant:
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Power
F s
P
t
or P F v
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Power
F s W
P or P
t t
P F v
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Force–distance graphs
Figure 4.16: A force–distance graph
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Activity 4.2
Test your knowledge
of this section by
completing
Activity 4.2
(page 115 of your
Student’s Book)
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Summative assessment
Read the module
summary on
page 117
and then complete the
summative activity on
page 118
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