WORK | POWER | POTENTIAL ENERGY | KINETIC ENERGY | WHICH TYPE OF ENERGY? |
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What is WORK?
A change in energy.
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What is power?
How fast work can be done.
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What is Stored energy?
Potential energy is known as
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What is kinetic energy?
Energy of motion
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What is Potential Energy?
PE or KE: A skier at the top of a mountain
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What is force x distance?
The equation or formula for work.
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What is work divided by time?
The formula or equation for power.
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What is height?
An objects distance above the ground
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What is mass and speed (or velocity)?
The kinetic energy of an object depends on these two things
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What is Kinetic Energy?
PE or KE: A race car traveling at it's top speed
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What are Joules?
Another unit label name for Newton-meters
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What are Watts?
Power is measured in
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What is gravitational potential energy?
An objects mass times the acceleration of gravity times the height.
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What is 1/2 mass times velocity squared?
The equation or formula for kinetic energy.
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What is Potential Energy?
PE or KE: Gasoline stored in a storage tank
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What are force and distance?
The amount of work done depends on these two things.
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What is a megawatt?
This is equal to 1 million watts.
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What is a plane in the air?
This has more potential energy: a plane on the ground or a plane in the air
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What is riding on a heavy bike?
This has more kinetic energy: riding on a heavy bike or riding on a light bike
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What is Kinetic Energy?
PE or KE: A match that is half-way through burning
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What is 2500 J?
The work of 500N being pushed 5m.
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What is 8 Watts?
The amount of power being used if 80J of work is done in 10 seconds.
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What is the 45kg ball on the hill?
This has more potential energy: a 25kg mass on a hill or a 45kg mass on a hill.
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What is the 30 kg mass going at 5 m/s?
This has more kinetic energy: 25kg mass going at 5 m/s or a 30kg mass going at 5 m/s
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What is BOTH?
PE, KE or BOTH: Water flowing from a waterfall before it hits the pond below
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