Work, Power, Energy-Vocabulary, Formulas, and Info

What is energy?

• The ability to do things in half the time

• The ability of an object to do work

• The ability to travel a specific distance

What is mechanical energy?

• Energy of movement and position

• Energy of force and distance

• Energy of movement and gravity

What is chemical energy?

• Energy stored in nuclei

• Energy stored in the air

• Energy stored in chemical bonds of molecules

What is Thermal Energy?

• When energy is absorbed from the atmosphere

• When energy in the form of heat is transferred from chemical energy

• “Heat energy” stored in materials at a certain temperature

What is nuclear energy?

• Energy produced from the splitting of atoms

• Energy produced from the splitting of mitochondria

• Energy produced from the splitting of the cytoplasm

What is Radiant Energy?

• Energy traveling from radioactive material

• Energy traveling from solar magnetic waves

• Energy traveling the form of electromagnetic waves

What is electrical energy?

• Energy traveling from the sun to the plant

• Energy traveling thorough wires

• Energy traveling as the flow of charged particles (i.e. electrons)

Used to measure light bulbs and small appliances

• Joules

• Watts

• Energy

Traditionally associated with engines

• Power

• Horsepower

• RPM

What is power?

• Amount of work done per unit of time

• How quickly work is done

• Both A and B

• Neither