Pure Energy
This is defined as the ability to do work
What is Energy?
This simple machine consists of a sloping surface that connects lower and higher elevations
What is an inclined plane?
This is the sum of an object's potential and kinetic energy
What is mechanical energy?
This is the product of a force and the distance an object moves
What is work?
This is the force a person exerts on a machine
What is input force?
Objects in motion have THIS kind of energy
What is kinetic energy?
This simple machine consists of an incline plane wrapped around a cylinder or cone
What is a screw?
This is the energy associated with moving charged particles
What is electrical energy?
This is the amount of work done each second
What is power?
This is the force exerted by a machine
What is Output force?
Energy that is stored as a result of position or shape is known as THIS
What is potential energy?
This simple machine consists of a rope and grooved wheel
What is a pulley?
This is the total kinetic energy of the moving atoms and molecules of an object
What is thermal energy?
He was the Scottich scientist after whom the unit of power is named
Who is James Watt?
This is defined as the number of times a machine increases or decreases the input force
What is actual mechanical advantage?
An object that can be stretched or compressed has THIS kind of energy
What is elastic potential energy?
This simple machine consists of two incline panes that work when they move
What is a wedge?
The forces that hold the nucleus together is known as this
What is nuclear energy?
In the equation W = F x d, the d stands for
What is distance?
This is the percentage of work input that becomes work output
What is efficiency?
In the equation for Potential Energy; PE = m x g x h, the letter g stands for this
What is the rate of acceleration? m/s-squared
This simple machine consists of a bar that rotates around a fixed point called a fulcrum
What is a lever?
The process of energy changing from one form to another
What is energy conservation?
According to Watts, a typical horse could lift 33,000 pounds a distance of one foot in one minute. This is what he called it.
What is 1 horsepower?
A frictionless machine would have this mechanical advantage
What is ideal mechanical advantage?