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PS Ch 4 Vocab 2016
Section 1 & 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy an moving object has because of its motion; depends on the mass and speed of the object. | Kinetic Energy |
| SI unit of energy | Joule |
| Stored energy an object has due to its position. | Potential Energy |
| Energy stored when an object is compressed or stretched. | Elastic Potential Energy |
| Energy stored in chemical bonds. | Chemical Potential Energy |
| Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface and the object's mass. | Gravitational Potential Energy |
| Sum of the potential energy and kinetic energy in a system. | Mechanical Energy |
| States that energy can never be created or destroyed. | Law of Conservation of Energy |
| Machine | A device that makes doing work easier |
| Input Force | The force that is applied to the machine. |
| Output Force | The force applied by the machine. |
| Mechanical Advantage | The ratio of the output force to the input force. |
| efficiency | A measure of how much of the work put into machine is changed into useful output work by the machine. |
| Simple Machine | Machine that does work with only one movement-lever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and wedge. |
| Lever | Simple machine consisting of a bar free to pivot about a fixed point called the fulcrum. |
| Pulley | Simple machine that consists of a grooved wheel with a rope, chain, or cable running along the groove; can be wither fixed or movable. |
| Wheel and axle | Simple machine that consists of a shaft or axle attached to the center of a larger wheel, so that the shaft and the wheel rotate together. |
| Inclined Plane | Simple machine that consists of a sloping surface, such as a ramp, that reduces the amount of force needed to lift something by increasing the distance over which the force is applied. |
| Screw | Simple machine that consists of an inclined plane wrapped in a spiral around a cylindrical post. |
| Wedge | Simple machine that is an inclined plane with one or two sloping sides. |
| Compound Machine | Machine that is a combination of two or mare simple machines. |
| work | transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move;measured in joules |
| power | amount of work done, or the amount of energy transferred, divided by the time required to do the work or transfer the energy; measured in watts. |