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11th grade Energy accounting in open, closed and isolated systems worksheet

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Energy accounting in open, closed and isolated systems

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  1. A motor does 500 J of work on a cart-and-track system, while 320 J of heat leaves it into the room. By how much does the system's energy grow, Bo?

  2. A motor does 1200 J of work on a cart-and-track system, while 750 J of heat leaves it into the room. By how much does the system's energy grow, Esme?

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    Energy bar chart (example data), one bar per energy store, height in J. Before: kinetic 0 J; thermal 0 J. After: kinetic 150 J; thermal 50 J. A transfer arrow goes from the motor to the cart and track, labeled work 200 J. A dashed system boundary surrounds the cart and the track. The motor is outside it; its work arrow crosses the boundary inward.

  4. In the energy bar chart, how much energy crosses the system boundary, Jun?

    • 150 J
    • 50 J
    • 200 J
  5. In the energy bar chart, how much of the motor's work ends up as thermal energy, Kira?

    • 150 J
    • 200 J, the whole amount
    • 50 J
  6. In the energy bar chart, why do the system's stores grow, Luz?

    • Work from the motor crosses into the system
    • Energy is made inside the system
    • The track adds extra energy to the cart
  7. A pot of soup simmers on a stove with no lid. Steam escapes and heat flows in. What kind of system is the soup, Milo?

    • Closed: energy crosses but matter does not
    • Open: matter and energy cross
    • Isolated: nothing crosses
  8. A sealed jar of water warms in the sun. What kind of system is the water in the jar, Noah?

    • Open: matter and energy cross
    • Closed: energy crosses but matter does not
    • Isolated: nothing crosses
  9. A box slides to a stop on a rough floor. Where did its kinetic energy go, Ren?

    • Into thermal energy in the box and floor
    • It was destroyed
    • Into gravitational energy
  10. A cart rolls to a stop on a carpet. What happened to the total energy of the cart, carpet and air, Tala?

    • It was used up
    • It grew, since the carpet warmed
    • It stayed the same
  11. A cart's brake pads squeal and warm as it slows. Which stores gain energy, Zee?

    • Thermal energy and sound
    • Kinetic energy
    • Gravitational energy, since it slows
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Energy accounting in open, closed and isolated systems. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can classify systems. In an open system, matter and energy cross. In a closed system, only energy crosses. In an isolated system, nothing does.
  • I can do energy accounting: change inside = energy in − energy out, and work in = the gains in the gravitational, kinetic and thermal stores.
  • I can find the missing energy in a described system, including the thermal energy friction makes.
  • I can explain that the system boundary decides what counts as a store or as outside work. For example, gravity is internal when Earth is in the system. Energy is never destroyed; friction moves it into thermal energy and sound.

Standard: HS-PS3-1

Words to know

system boundary: The line drawn around what you study

open system: Matter and energy cross the boundary

closed system: Energy crosses the boundary; matter does not

isolated system: Neither matter nor energy crosses

energy accounting: Matching energy in and out with the change in stores

Common mistakes

Your child added the energy in and the energy out. The change inside is energy in − energy out.

Your child left out friction. The thermal energy friction makes comes out of the cart's mechanical energy.

Your child left a store out. The work in is shared between gravitational, kinetic and thermal energy.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with energy accounting in open, closed and isolated systems?

Your child added the energy in and the energy out. The change inside is energy in − energy out.

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