Work and Machines Vocab

A car is moving down the road. What type of energy does it have due to its motion?

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• mechanical energy

• energy

energy stored by objects that stretch, compress, or bend

• potential energy

• chemical potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• kinetic energy

energy stored due to chemical bonds

• mechanical energy

• chemical potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• potential energy

energy stored due to interactions between objects

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

• gravitational potential energy

sum of kinetic and potential energy of objects in a system

• work

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

energy stored by objects that can fall

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical potential energy

a _________ is a device that does work with only one movement.

• simple machine

• system

• compound machine

• machine

________ is the ability to cause change

• energy

• mechanical advantage

• system

• work

_______ is force applied through a distance.

• energy

• work

• system

• efficiency

_______ is the rate at which energy is transformed.

• power

• efficiency

• work

• mechanical advantage