Work and Heat

Question 1

What is work?

Answer 1

A mechanical process of transferring energy from one machine or person to another

Question 2

What happens when work is performed on an object?

Answer 2

The object is moved

Question 3

What is internal energy

Answer 3

The sum of all the kinetic energies of the individual particles in a substance

Question 4

What is internal energy most similar to

Answer 4

thermal energy

Question 5

What are five ways energy can be present in substances?

Answer 5

1). Random motion of atoms in a substance
2). When substances move and gain kinetic energy
3). Potential energy with a substance being in a field
4). Mass turning directly into energy
5). Electromagnetic energy found throughout outer
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Question 6

What is internal energy mostly reliant on

Answer 6

the substances tempurture

Question 7

What is the equation to determine how much work is being exerted on an object

Answer 7

Work=Force x Distance