Work and Energy Flashcards
Potential energy:
“The stored energy of position possessed by an object”
Kinetic energy is:
“energy possessed by an object due to its motion or movement” - AKA: is the energy of motion
The Kinetic energy that an object has
depends on its mass and speed.
All moving things have
Kinetic energy
Work is done
Whenever a force moves something
Work is equal to
Energy transferred
Energy is
The ability to do work
The more force….
the more gravitational potential energy and acceleration
Work on an object is defined by
the equation
Kinetic energy is the ability of an object
to do work because of its motion
Potential energy is the ability of an object
to do work because of its position
Work is done = to
energy transferred
Examples of Kinetic energy
Planets, atoms, planes
Examples of potential energy
A rock on the edge of a cliff, tree branches high up,
