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Physics Childs 7
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| INITIAL VELOCITY | The beginning or starting velocity of an object before there is any change in its velocity ( acceleration or deceleration). |
| INTERNAL ENERGY | The total energy of a system or object, including its potential energy and its kinetic energy |
| JOULE | The Si unit of work and energy |
| ONE JOULE | equals the force of one newton exerted trhough a distance of one meter. 1 J=1Nm |
| ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS EQUIVALENT | to work done in moving a charge, so the joule can also be used to measure electrical energy; 1J = 1VC |
| KILOGRAM | The Si unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams |
| KINETIC ENERGY | The energy that an object possessess because of its motion |
| KINETIC ENERGY FORMULA | KE = 1/2 mv2 |
| MAGNITUDE | The size of a vector quantity, ignoring its direction |