Unit 6: WPE Vocab Quiz

The ability to do work is called _______.

• energy

• power

• force

• momentum

Energy acquired by doing work against gravity is known as _______.

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

Effort force multiplied by the distance over which it is applied is called _______.

• input work

• output work

• mechanical advantage

• efficiency

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The metric unit for work and energy, equal to 1 newton meter (N·m), is _______.

• joule

• watt

• newton

• pascal

Energy of motion is referred to as _______.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

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The principle that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed is known as the _______.

• law of conservation of energy

• law of entropy

• law of thermodynamics

• law of motion

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Kinetic or potential energy is also called _______.

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

Output force multiplied by the distance over which it acts is termed as _______.

• output work

• input work

• mechanical advantage

• efficiency

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Stored energy is known as _______.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

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The rate at which work is done is called _______.

• power

• energy

• force

• velocity