Vocabulary
Work & Power
Energy
Momentum & Impulse
Terms & Variables
100

Collision between two or more objects where the net kinetic energy is conserved in the system.

What is Elastic Collision?

100

The amount of work a student performs if able to lift a 400 N sandbag 2 meters off the ground.

What is 800 Joules?

100

Definition for Conservation of Energy

What is the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant, despite internal changes?

100

The total momentum remains constant unless a net external force acts on a system

What is the definition for conservation of momentum?

100

The letter variable for Work.

What is capital W?

200

Inelastic Collision

What is a collision between two or more objects where some kinetic energy is converted to another form of energy?

200

The amount of work done by a 220 N force being put on a vehicle moving it 18 m from it’s starting point.

What is 3,960 J?

200

The kinetic energy of an object if its mass is 12 kg and it is going a velocity of 2 m/s.

What is 24 Joules?

200

The equation equal to impulse's, Force x Change in time (F x Delta t = ???)

What is change in momentum?

(Delta p or mv1 - mv2)

200

The letter variable for Momentum

What is lower case p?

300

The sum of potential and kinetic energy for an object.

What is Mechanical Energy?

300

The power developed from a machine doing 2,500 J of work in 48 seconds.

What is 52.08 Watts?

300

The potential energy of a 16.1 kg boulder is sitting on top of a 45 m tall cliff, considering the acceleration due to gravity.

What is 7,100 J?

300

The impulse of a tennis player hitting a ball with a force of 345 N, and the racquet is in contact with the ball for 0.0032 s.

What is 1.1 N x s?

300

SI Unit for Impulse

What is Newtons x Seconds (Ns)?

400

Conservative force

What is force in which the work done by the force is determined only by the displacement of the mass?

400

The total power produced in one day by a light bulb with an energy of 90,000 J.

What is 1.0416 Watts?

400

The elastic potential energy of a 0.2 kg rubber band stretched 4 m to be launched at a rate of 1.3 m/s.

What is 1.352 J?

400

The momentum of a 0.035 kg water balloon traveling through the air at a velocity of 11.176 m/s.

What is 0.39116 kg*m/s?

400

SI Unit for Energy

What is Joules (Capital J)

500

Work-Energy Theorem

What is when work is done on an object, the kinetic energy of the object changes?

500

The object that would have the greatest amount of work done based on the list below. 

  1. A 2 kg mass moved 30 m.

  2. A 5 kg mass moved 10 m.

  3. A 20 kg mass moved 20 m.

  4. A 30 kg mass moved 10 m.



What is 3. A 20 kg mass moved 20 m?

500

Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds. This type of energy may be released during a chemical reaction, often in the form of heat.

What is chemical energy?

500

The SI Unit for momentum.

What is Kilograms x meters/second (Kg*m/s)?

500

The term written as the variable capital P

What is Power?

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