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WORK AND POWER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Force | a push or pull |
| Horsepower | common unit used to express power. One unit of horsepower is equal to 750 Watts). |
| Joule | basic scientific unit for electrical, mechanical and thermal energy; equal to 1 N-m. |
| Newton-meter | unit of measurement used to express work.500 Joules of work is equal to 500 Newton-meters. |
| Power | rate at which work is accomplished. Power measures the rate of energy used over time. |
| Watt | standard unit of power. The Watt equals one Joule per second; 10 Watts is 10 J/s. |
| Work | Occurs when a force is applied to an object and the object moves. Soccer players do work when they exert force on a soccer ball and it flies through the air. |
| Energy | the ability to do work or bring about change |
| 10 Watts | 10 Joules per second |
| 100 N-m | For example, 25 N of force applied over 4 meters. |