Sunday, November 6, 2011

Weekly Vocabulary Words - 11/7/11

1.  Power - The rate at which energy is supplied.
2.  Kinetic energy - Energy stored in the motion of a mechanical system--e.g. by a rolling car, or a turning flywheel.
3.  Energy - Ability to perform work, i.e. to advance against resistance, for instance lift a body against gravity, or drag it against friction.
4.  Weight - The force exerted on mass by gravity.
5.  Velocity - Rate of position change.  Or the rate and direction of the change in the position of an object.