Vocabulary
The energy of an object’s motion
Kinetic Energy
Why do things move?
Because they have kinetic Energy
If the mass of the object increases….
The kinetic energy increases too
A unit of measurement that is 1,000 meters long
Kilometer
What happens when you throw a piece of paper into the recycling bin?
Your hand does work
How do we measure energy?
Joules
The act of movement
Motion
What two things does kinetic energy of an object depend on?
The mass of the object and the speed of the object
What is work?
Is equal to the force applied on an object, times the distance the object traveled.
A comparison between two different measurements
Rate
What is speed?
Is how quickly an object is moving
Say the formula for work
Work=force x distance
The amount of space between two points
Distance
What is rate?
Is a comparison between two different measurements
Unit used to measure work or energy
Joules