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LSH Pscience Unit 3
Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to cause change or to do work |
| Kinetic Energy | The energy an object has because of its motion |
| Joule | The SI unit for measuring energy |
| Potential Energy | Stored energy |
| Mechanical Energy | The total energy in a system; the kinetic and potential energies |
| The Law of Conservation of Energy | Energy is not created or destroyed, but is transformed |
| Nuclear Fission | The splitting of a nucleus |
| Nuclear Fusion | Combining 2 or more nuclei into one nucleus |
| Momentum | The mass x velocity of an object |
| The Law of Conservation of Momentum | Momentum is conserved in a collision (transferred partially or fully but not lost) |
| Work | A force moving an object |
| Power | The rate of doing work |
| Work equation | Work = Force x distance |
| Power equation | Power = Work/time |
| Watt | The SI unit for measuring power |