Work
Power
Potential and kinetic
Vocab
Odds and Ends
100

The equation for work

What is W= Fd?

100

The equation for power

What is P = W/t?

100

Equation of potential energy

What is PE = mgh

100
The unit of measure for energy

What is Joule? 

100

Unit used to measure power. 

What is a watt?

200
The work done by moving a 34 kg object 17 meters

What is 5780 J?

200

Tom applies 800 J to move a box over a time of 2 seconds. Find power.

What is 400 watts?

200

The equation of Kinetic energy

What is KE = 1/2 m v2?

200

Ability to do work

What is energy?

200
This force will oppose motion

What is friction?

300

Bill pushes a 2.5 kg shovel for 10 meters. Find the Work done.

What is 250 J? 

300

A boy exerts 500 J of energy over 10 seconds. Find the power.

What is 50 watts? 

300

The potential energy of a 2.5 kg box that is 10 meters off the ground

What is 250 J?

300

Rate at which work gets done

What is power?

300

Energy can be neither created or destroyed

What is law of conservation of energy?

400

A man uses 350 J of energy to push a box 7 m. Find the force applied. 

What is 50 N? 

400

A 100 N box is lifted 1.5 meters the process took 2 seconds. Find Power. 

What is 75 watts?

400

The kinetic energy of a 80.0 kg boy running at 5.5 m/s

What is 1210 J?

400
mass of an object times gravity 

What is weight?

400

No real system is fully efficient as it loses energy as

What is heat or entropy?

500

The theorem that states whenever work is done, energy changes

What is work- energy theorem or W = change in KE?

500
Find the power of a 50 kg woman who runs up stairs that are 8 m high in 3.5 seconds. 

What is approximately 1142.9 watts? 

500

A 1.5 kg ball rolls down a 15 meter hill at 2.0 m/s. The ball rolls up another hill that is 8 meters. What will the speed of the ball be at the top of the second hill

What is 

500

The energy due to position or movement of an object

What is mechanical energy?

500

Units used to describe pressure

What are N/m2 or Pascals?