Name ____________________________________ Equipotential
Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Charges_and_Fields and click on Run Now. Complete Part 1 for chapter 18 and part 2 and 3 for chapter 19.
Part 1: What is an equipotential line and how is this simulation related to work and energy?
1) Turn on “Show Numbers”
2) Place a positive 1 nano-coulomb charge near the center of the screen.
3) In the lower left of the screen is a meter for indicating electric potential, in volts, created by the charge that you introduced. Record the voltage and turn on “Plot”.
3.8 V
4) This line is much like a line on a geologic topo map. Explain the similarity.
Just like in a geologic topo map, this
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The charge would be brought to a higher potential.
W = (V2 – V1) * Q
10) If the second positive charge were moved away from the first Positive charge, would this involve positive or negative work.
Since there is a loss of potential energy, no external force is required. Since the charge moves in the direction of the field, the field does the work
11) When energy was studied earlier in the year, a connection was found between kinetic energy, potential energy, positive work, and negative work. What is the connection?
The relationship between work and potential energy is that the work done by a force on an object to move it from point A to point B is opposite to the change in potential energy:
W = - (VB – VA) Q
This means that if the work done by the force is positive, the potential energy of the object is decreased. Let’s take the example of an apple that drops from the branch of a tree. In this case, Gravity does work to move the apple from the branch to the ground. Meanwhile, potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy when in motion and finally at the ground, the apple contains less potential energy. Basically, work is the change in potential energy.
A system consisting of a positive charge and an electric field loses electric potential energy when the charge moves in the direction of the field. Negative work means that the charge’s potential energy was converted into
1. (6 points) Use the controls under Show Vectors to draw arrows for several different quantities. The velocity vector is drawn in a special way: a big, bold arrow showing its direction and magnitude, plus smaller arrows for its horizontal and vertical components.
(b) Due to the fact that R1 and R2 are identical, what would you guess is the voltage across each resistor is individually? Why?
* Protons and electrons have equal and opposite electrical charges. Protons are positively charged, and electrons are negatively charged.
To get the equation of this line, I need → a. a point and b. a slope
As the car go down it looses its potential energy because it is not at the same height anymore. As it loses the potential energy it gains kinetic energy. Kinetic energy came along because of its high speed. The mathematical equation for this is initial kinetic energy plus initial potential energy plus external work equals final kinetic energy plus final potential energy. To find work the equation is force times distance. To find power the equation is work divided by time.
- The final electron energy does not depend on the focusing cylinder voltage because it applies a force that is parallel to the magnetic field rather than perpendicular to it.
Why do electrons (blue dots) move? Draw a diagram of the battery, label the flow of electrons. The flow of current (+) is opposite; draw this and note if toward or away from + terminal of the battery.
The current has a positive charge in one side of the coil and it transforms to negative when it gets to the other side of the coil. This charge controls the magnetic field, making the like charges repeal and the opposite charges attract.
potential energy and kinetic energy. As the train moves, it gradually loses energy to friction until it
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Physical energy relates to the amount of energy the employee places on doing the work. (EHWLC, 2013) The more energy exerted, the better the quality and quantity of work. Where an employee places a low level of physical energy to a task of job the longer it will take the employee to complete and is likely to result in poorer quality of work. Where an employee is emotionally and cognitively stimulated at work physical energy levels are likely to be higher .
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