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GRADE (JHS) : 8
QUARTER 1: FORCE, MOTION AND ENERGY WEEK: 2
MELC: Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy.
Learning Competencies: The learners should be able to identify situations in which work is done
and in which no work is done. (LC Code: S8FE-Ia-16)
Brief Descriptions:
Work is done if the object you push moves a distance in the direction towards which you are
pushing it. In common terms, work is simply any activity being performed by an individual. In scientific
language, work is the product of a force applied to an object and the parallel distance of the movement
due to the force. If there is no distance covered, no matter how hard you exert a force, it is assumed
that no work has been done. The force is just used to counteract the force of gravity when lifting an
object. However, even the presence of a force and a resulting distance is not an indicator that works
has been done. The resulting distance should be parallel to the applied force. It means that the
directions of the force and the distance covered should lie on the same line. Pushing or pulling an
object that causes it to move from one position to another is an example of work.
Instructions/Procedures:
Tell whether the situations shown below represent examples of work. Identify the one doing the
work and on which object the work is done. Briefly explain your answer in each scenario.
2. A student carries her bag and a teacher picks up his pen from the floor. Who do you think had more
work done? Why?
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3. Twins A and B did the same amount of work. However, twin A covered a longer distance parallel to
the force applied. Which of the twins exerted more force? Why?
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4. How will you determine that work has been done?
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Put a check ( / ) before the item if work is done to an object or person and ( x ) if no work is done.
Prepared by:
NARCISA R. TOLENTINO
EULA MARIE O. PADULLO