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Chapter 14 Vocab
Andrews
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| work | the product of force and distance |
| power | the rate of doing work |
| joule | the SI unit of work |
| watt | the SI unit of power |
| horse power | equal to 746 watts |
| machine | device that changes a force |
| input force | the force you exert on a machine |
| input distance | the distance the input force acts in a machine |
| work input | the work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance |
| output force | the force exerted by a machine |
| output distance | the distance an output force acts through in a machine |
| work output | the work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance |
| mechanical advantage | the number of times that a machine increases an input force |
| actual mechanical advantage | the ratio of the output force to the input force in a machine |
| ideal mechanical advantage | the mechanical advantage of a machine in the absence of friction |
| efficiency | the percentage of the work input that becomes work output in a machine |
| lever | the rigid bar that is free to move around a fixed point |
| fulcrum | the fixed point a lever rotates around |
| input arm | the distance between the fulcrum in a lever and the input force |
| output arm | the distance between the fulcrum in a lever and the output force |
| wheel and axle | a simple machine that consists of two rigidly attached disks or cylinders, each one with a different radius |
| inclined plane | a slanted surface along which a force moves an object to a different elevation |
| wedge | a v-shaped object whose sides are tow inclined planes sloped towards each other |