Key words for Physics Flashcards
Science Materials
What is a Force?
A push or a pull
What is speed
A rate at which something moves, that has a direction
What is velocity
How fast an object is moving in a direction
What is acceloration?
The change in velocity over time
What is displacement?
The exact distance moved from one point to another
What is density
The measure of amount of mass per volume (How tightly packed something is)
What is a mass?
How much matter is in something
What is weight?
Measurement of the force of gravity on an object
What is power?
The rate in which work is being done
What is kinetic energy?
Energy of an object in motion
What is potential energy?
Energy that is being stored because of its state
What is work?
The measure of energy being transfered through force
What is pressure?
The amount of force over an area
What is potential energy?
A type of energy that is stored in an object due to its position.
What is kinetic energy
The energy being used by an object to move by something
