EXAMPLES
- Humans or animals moving (anything in motion)
- Moving roller coasters, trains, cars, bicycles
- Moving gears
- Push-pull mechanics
- Pushing a boulder off a cliff
- Climbing a mountain or a ladder
VOCABULARY
Kinetic Energy: energy possessed by an object due to its motion or movement
Potential Energy: the stored energy of position possessed by an object
Work: a force acts on an object to cause it to move, change shape, displace it, or physically change it
-Work=Force X Distance (displacement)
Joules: the standard unit of work or energy
Force: Applying pressure, weight, or energy to an object
Displacement: The distance, movement, or change in the object after applying force
Potential Energy: the stored energy of position possessed by an object
Work: a force acts on an object to cause it to move, change shape, displace it, or physically change it
-Work=Force X Distance (displacement)
Joules: the standard unit of work or energy
Force: Applying pressure, weight, or energy to an object
Displacement: The distance, movement, or change in the object after applying force
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