Energy, Motion, Force, and Work - Vocabulary

When one one object loses energy, other objects must gain it; energy is neither created or destroyed

• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Kinetic energy

The ability to do work or cause change

• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy

Any time you exert a force on an object that causes the object to change its motion in the same direction in which you exert the force

• Work
• Energy
• Power
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy

The rate at which work is done; it equals the amount of work done on an object in a unit of time

• Power
• Energy
• Work
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy

Potential energy related to an object’s vertical position - how high it is above the ground

• Gravitational potential energy
• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Kinetic energy

Energy that an object possess by virtue of being in motion

• Kinetic energy
• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Potential energy

Energy associated with object that can be compressed or stretched

• Elastic potential energy
• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Kinetic energy

Energy that results from the position or shape of an object

• Potential energy
• Energy
• Work
• Power
• Kinetic energy

Using the definition of work, which statement is always true?

• It involves a transfer of energy
• It is difficult
• It is troublesome
• It occurs randomly

The GPE between a cucumber and the Earth changes when which factor changes?

• The mass of the cucumber
• The length of the cucumber
• The color of the cucumber
• The atmosphere of the cucumber