Vocabulary
Energy
Work
Power
Units
100
A push or a pull
What is force
100
A diver on top of a diving board is an example of ______________________ energy.
What is potential energy
100
Two students who are similar in size walk up the same set of stairs. They are doing _________________ amount of work.
What is the same!
100
The two factors of power are work and ________________.
What is time.
100

unit of time

What is second?

200
Stored energy
What is potential energy
200
A car rolling down a hill is an example of _____________________ energy.
What is kinetic energy
200
Work = ____________________ x ___________________
What is FORCE x DISTANCE
200

symbol of power

What is P?

200

unit of distance

What is meter?

300

the ability to make something happen

What is work?

300
A person skiing down a slope is ______________________ potential energy, and ____________________ kinetic energy.
What is losing potential energy and gaining kinetic energy
300
Holding a stack of books - work or not?
What is not doing work
300
The _________________ amount of time it takes to do work, the more power is produced.
What is shorter
300

unit of force

What is Newton?

400

the ability to do work

What is energy?

400

kinetic + potential energy =

What is mechanical energy?

400
Pushing against a wall is an example of doing work. True/False
What is false - not moving over a distance!
400
Two cars that weigh the same race up the hill. Car 1 gets there twice as fast as Car 2. Which car had more power?
What is car 1
400

2 units of work

What is Joule and Newton-meter?

500
How much work is performed in a certain amount of time
What is power
500
The definition of energy.
What is the ability to do work
500
A monster truck and a golf cart climb up the same hill. Which does more work
What is the monster truck - because it weighs more!
500
Power = ___________________/ ___________________
What is WORK/ TIME
500

2 units of power

What is Watt and Joule/second

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