1. THERMAL Energy
Chapter 5

2. TEMPERATURE
The matter around you is made of small particles which are in constant motion.
The temperature of an object is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles that make up that object. Examples:
Temperature of hot tea is higher than iced tea because the particles that make up hot tea have more kinetic energy. P
In SI units: measure in kelvins (K); also use celcius (C))

3. Thermal energy
The sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of all of the particles that make up an object
temperature of an object is the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles that make up that object. Examples:
Temperature of hot tea is higher than iced tea because the particles that make up hot tea have more kinetic energy. P
In SI units: measure in kelvins (K); also use celcius (C))

5. problems
You push a refrigerator with a horizontal force of 100 N. If you move the refrigerator a distance of 5 m with pushing, how much work do you do? Work = force x distance W = fd W = (100 N)(5 m) = 500 J

6. problems
A couch is pushed with a horizontal force of 80 N and moves a distance of 5 m across the floor. How much work is done on the couch? Work = force x distance W = fd W = (80 N)(5 m) = 400 J

7. problems
How much work do you do when you lift a 100 N child 0.5 m? Work = force x distance W = fd W = (100 N)(0.5 m) = 50 J

8. problems
The brakes on a car do 240,000 J of work in stopping the car. If the car travels a distance of 40 m while the brakes are being applied, how large is the average force that the brakes exert on the car? W = fd F = W/d F = (240,000 J)/(40 m) = 6000 J

9. Energy Is defined as the ability to do work or cause a change
Work is the transfer of energy
Measured in Joules
System: anything around which you can imagine a boundary

10. Types of energy Kinetic energy Energy of motion
Depends upon mass and velocity
Kinetic energy (in J) = ½ mass (in kg) x [velocity (in m/s)]2
KE = ½ mass x velocity2 = mass x velocity2 2
KE ↑ as mass ↑
KE ↑ as velocity ↑

11. Potential Stored energy It has the potential to do work
Elastic PE – Energy that is stored by compressing or stretching an object
Chemical PE – Energy due to chemical bonds
Gravitational PE – depends on height
Mass (kg) x gravity (N/kg) x height (m)
GPE = mgh
where g = 9.8 N/kg

12. Problems
A jogger moving forward with a mass of 60.0 kg is moving forward at a speed of 3.0 m/s. What is the jogger’s kinetic energy from this forward motion? KE = ½ (mass x velocity2 ) KE = ½ (60.0 kg) (3.0 m/s)2 KE = ½ (60.0 kg)(9.0 m2/s2) = 270 J

13. Problems
A baseball with a mass of 0.15 kg is moving at a speed of 40 m/s. What is the baseball’s kinetic energy from this motion? KE = ½ (mass x velocity2 ) KE = ½ (0.15 kg) (40.0 m/s)2 KE = ½ (0.15 kg)(1600 m2/s2) = 120 J

14. problems
A 4.00 kg ceiling fan placed 0.25 m above floor. What is the gravitational potential energy of the Earth-ceiling fan system relative to the floor? GPE = mass x gravity x height GPE = mgh GPE = (4.00 kg)(9.8 N/kg)(0.25 m) = 9.8 N•m = 9.8 J

15. problems
An 8.0 kg history textbook placed on 1.25 m high desk. How large is the gravitational potential energy of the textbook-Earth system relative to the floor? GPE = mass x gravity x height GPE = mgh GPE = (8.0 kg)(9.8 N/kg)(1..25 m) = 98 N•m = 98 J

16. Conservation of energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Energy can only be converted from one form to another or transferred from one place to another.
Mechanical energy is the sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the objects in a system
Example: running water, swing
Swing