Definitions
Transfer of energy through force.
What is Work?
The amount of work possible based upon kinetic and potential energies.
What is mechanical energy?
The simple machine that consists of a rigid arm moving around a fulcrum.
What is a lever?
Force * Distance
or
Power * Time
What is work?
A combination of simple machines.
What is a compound machine?
The rate at which work is done or energy is transformed.
What is Power?
The energy of radiation that travels in waves.
What is electromagnetic energy?
A lever that can change the direction of the force.
What is a pulley?
Mass * (Gravitational Constant) * Height
What is (gravitational) potential energy?
The six _______ are: mechanical, chemical, nuclear, electrical, electromagnetic, and thermal.
What are the types of energy?
The capacity to do work.
The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
An inclined plane rotational direction.
What is a screw?
(1/2) mass * velocity2
What is kinetic energy?
Elastic and Gravitational Energy
What are the two types of potential energy?
Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
The energy from charged particles in an electrical field.
What is electrical energy?
The simple machine that splits a downward force into two mirrored forces.
What is a wedge?
Work / Time
What is power?
The point a lever turns on.
What is a fulcrum?
Energy based on position, shape, or condition
What is potential energy?
The potential energy stored in bonds.
What is chemical energy?
A lever attached to a shaft used to turn a wheel.
What are a wheel and axle?
√(Kinetic Energy / (1/2) Mass)
What is velocity?
True or False:
Sound is a wave.
What is true?