Energy Vocab

Question 0

Efficiency

Answer 0

Ratio of the output work done by the machine to the input work done on the machine, expressed as a percentage

Question 1

Chemical Potential Energy

Answer 1

Energy that is due to chemical bonds

Question 2

Energy

Answer 2

Ability to cause change, measured in joules

Question 3

Elastic potential energy

Answer 3

Energy that is stored by compressing or stretching an object

Question 4

Gravitational potential energy

Answer 4

Energy that is due to the gravitational force between objects.

Question 5

Kinetic Energy

Answer 5

Energy a moving object has because of its motion

Question 6

Mechanical Advantage

Answer 6

Ratio of the output force exerted by a machine to the input force applied to the machine

Question 7

System

Answer 7

A region nor set of regions around which a boundary can be defined

Question 8

Potential energy

Answer 8

Energy that is stored due to the interaction between objects.

Question 9

Law of Conservation of energy

Answer 9

States that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

Question 10

Work

Answer 10

Transfer of energy when a force is applied over a distance;measure in joules