Work, energy and the conservation of energy: Work Done = Fs, Ek and Ep, energy transformations and elastic versus inelastic collisions

What this note covers

1. Work done: the definition and its limits
2. Forms of energy and energy transformation
3. Kinetic energy: Ek = ½mv²
4. Gravitational potential energy: Ep = mgh
5. Conservation of energy in isolated systems
6. Elastic and inelastic collisions
7. Choosing the right conservation law
8. How this topic is examined in Section C

8 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes