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lunes, 27 de septiembre de 2010

Vocabulary #3 & #4

Potential Energy:the Energy Stored in an Object or Material.

Gravitational Potential Energy:The Potential Energy of an Object located above the ground.

Kinetic Energy:The Energy of a moving object.

Work:Force Applied to an Object times the distance the object moves.

Simple Machine:A Device with few parts that makes it easier to do work



Effort Force:The Force Applied to a machine.

Resistance Force:The Force that make machine actis against.

Lever:A Simple Machine made of a ridgid bar on a pivot point.

Fulcrum:A Pivot Point of a Lever


Mechanical Advantage:The Number of times a machine multiplies the force applied.


Pulley:A Grooved wheel that turns by the action of a rope in the groove.

Wheel And Axle:A Simple Machine Made of a handle or axis attached to the center of a wheel