Units
Work, Energy, or Power
Vocabulary!
Calculating 1
Calculating 2
100

What are the units for energy?

Joules

100

What must be conserved whenever it is transferred?

Energy

100

What two things are needed for work to occur?

A force must move an object in the direction of the force.

100

A machine does 200 J of work in 10 seconds. What is the power output of the machine?

20 W

100

What is the formula for calculating power?


What is work divided by time?

200

What are the units for power?

Watts

200

What is energy transferred per unit time?

Power

200

A student pushes a wall, but it does not move. How much work is done on the wall?

0 J
200

A person pushes a cart with a force of 160 N over 2 m in 4 seconds. What power is expended?

80 W

200

To lift a 40 N crate 5 m takes 20 seconds using a constant upward force. Calculate the power used.

10 W

300

What are the units for work?

Joules

300

What is force exerted over a distance?

Work

300

What is the ability to do work or cause change?

What is energy?

300

A machine produces 10 W of power for 5 seconds. How much work is done?

Work= Power X Time


What is 50 Joules?

300

A runner does 300 J of work in 5 seconds. What is the power?


What is 60 Watts?

400

What are the SI units for distance?

Meters

400

What is the transfer of energy?

Work

400

What is the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred?

What is power?

400

A student pushes a box with a force of 20 N over a distance of 4 m in the direction of the force. How much work is done on the box?

80 J

400

A student does 400 J of work in 8 seconds. What is the power?


What is 50 Watts?

500

What are the units for force?

Newtons

500

What is the ability to do work?

Energy

500

Two machines do the same amount of work. Machine A takes 4 seconds, and Machine B takes 8 seconds. Which has greater power?


Machine A, because it does the work in less time.

500

A weightlifter does 800 J of work lifting a 200 N barbell. How far did the barbell move upward during the lift?

4 m

500

A machine does 200 J of work in 20 seconds. What is its power?


What is 10 W?