Calculation Day: SPE

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What is Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE)?

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How do you calculate Gravitational Potential Energy for a mass of 3 kg at a height of 4 m?

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What is the formula for Spring Potential Energy (SPE)?

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What does conservation of energy mean?

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Conservation of energy means that the total energy in a closed system remains constant; it cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

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How do you calculate Spring Potential Energy for a spring stretched by 0.3 m with a spring constant of 150 N/m?

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What is the spring constant if the elastic potential energy of a spring is 25 Joules when compressed by 0.5 meters?

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What is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI)?

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The unit of energy in the SI system is the Joule (J).

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What is the relationship between mass, height, and gravitational potential energy?

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What happens to the potential energy of an object if it is dropped from a height?

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As the object falls, its gravitational potential energy decreases while its kinetic energy increases, conserving the total mechanical energy.

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What is the significance of the spring constant (k) in a spring?

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The spring constant (k) measures the stiffness of the spring; a higher k value indicates a stiffer spring that requires more force to stretch or compress.