TEKS: P.7.A/B/C/E Vocab

The SI unit of work and energy (J); 1 J of work is done when a force of 1 N acts on an object over a displacement of 1 m.

• Energy

• Joule

• Work

• Watt

Unit of power; 1 J of energy transferred in 1 s.

• Kinetic Power

• Joule

• Watt

• Power

The energy of an system that is associated with its motion.

• Power

• Joule

• Watt

• Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

States that when work is done on a system, a change in energy occurs. 

• Work Energy Theorem

• Kinetic Energy

• Watt

• Energy Transformation

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects in a system. 

• Translational Kinetic Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Rotational Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The position where gravitational potential energy is defined as zero. 

• Joule

• Watt

• Energy

• Reference Level

Stored energy due to an object’s change in shape. 

• Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Ravitational Pull

The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the objects in a system. 

• Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Kinetic Energy

A type of collision in which the kinetic energy before and after the collision remains the same. 

• Elastic Collision

• Inelastic Collision

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Mechanical Energy

States that in a closed , isolated system, energy is not created or destroyed 

• Translational Kinetic Energy

• Rotational Kinetic Energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Potential Energy