Work, Power, and Energy

The ability to do work or cause change:

• work

• energy

• momentum

• power

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

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Stored energy in the form of position or condition.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• momentum

• mechanical energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is needed to calculate work?

• force

• distance

• time

• mass

A student needs 10 Newtons of force to lift a box to the top of a 2 meter shelf. How much work do they do?

• 12 J

• 8 J

• 20 J

• 5 J

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A soccer player kicks a ball with 20 Newtons of force causing it to travel 100 meters. How much work is done on the ball?

• 200 J

• 80 J

• 5 J

• 2000 J

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A worker climbs a ladder and does 8 J of work on a 2 N object. What is the distance they lift the object?

• 18 m

• 4 m

• 10 m

• 6 m

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is mechanical energy?

• total kinetic energy

• the energy of motion

• total kinetic and potential energy

• temperature plus heat

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

Which of these items is not part of the law of conservation of energy?

• energy cannot be created

• energy cannot be destroyed

• energy can be transferred between forms

• energy is destroyed by friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Where is the kinetic energy of pendulum at its highest?

• at the top of the swing

• at the bottom of the swing

• at 1/4 of the swing

• at 3/4 of the swing

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

What is needed calculate power?

• work

• time

• mass

• distance