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In science, the word work has a different meaning than you may be familiar with. Work: using a force to move an object a distance 2

To do work, an object must move in the direction a force is applied. The boy’s arms do work when they exert an upward force on the basket and the basket moves upward.

The boy’s arms still exert an upward force on the basket. NOBut when the boy walks forward, the MOTION and FORCE are in different directions, so NO work is done.

5 According to the scientific definition, what is work and what is not? 1. a teacher lecturing to her class?? 2. a mouse pushing a piece of cheese with its nose across the floor??

6 Yes, this is work!

A body builder lifts 350 pounds above his head??YES! A mother carries her baby from room to room?? NO! NO! A father pushes a baby in a carriage?? YES! YES! A woman carries a 20 kg grocery bag to her car?? NO! NO! A scientist delivers a speech to an audience of his peers?? NO! 7

The SI unit for work is the joule (j), named for the nineteenth-century scientist James Prescott Joule. “Distance” is while the force is being applied.

Coach Miller lifted a box with a force of 50 N. He lifted the box 2 m. How much work did he do? w = f = d = w = fd = ? w = f  d 50 N2 m 50  2 = 100 j

Coach Grosz lifted an injured student with a force of 100 N. She lifted the person 1.5 m. How much work did she do? w = f = d = w = fd = ? w = f  d 100 N1.5 m 100  1.5 = 150 j

Ms. Vickers needs to get a 1,000 kg box into the back of a truck. This will take 1,500 j of work over a distance of 5 m when using an inclined plane. With how much force must she push the box to get it up the inclined plane? w = f = d = 1500 j w = f  d ? 5 m 1500 = f  5 55 f = 300 N

Before engines and motors were invented, people had to do things like lifting or pushing heavy loads by hand. Using an animal could help, but what they really needed were some clever ways to either make work easier or faster. 13

What does it mean to be powerful? Imagine two weightlifters lifting the same amount of weight the same height. They both do the same amount of work. However, the amount of power they use depends on how long it took to do the work.

Power is how quickly work is done; It is the rate, or speed, at which energy is transferred. The weightlifter who lifted the weight in less time is more powerful.

The SI unit of power is the watt, in honor of James Watt, a nineteenth-century British scientist, who invented a practical version of the steam engine.

Ms. Dixon does 140 j of work in 20 s. How much power in watts did she use? p = w = t = p = w/t = ? p = w/t 140 j20 s 140 / 20 = 7 watts

Mr. Travis does 210 j of work in 70 s. How much power in watts did he use? p = w = t = p = w/t = ? p = w/t 210 j70 s 210 / 70 = 3 watts

Ms. Watson uses 20 watts of power to push a student across the room in a rolley chair. If she pushes the student for 4 s, how much work has she done? p = w = t = p = w/t 20 watts p = w/t ?4 s 20 = w/4 4  20 = w W = 80 j

Dr. Mathis pushes a desk 10 m using 25 N of force and it takes her 5 seconds. How much power did she use? w = f = d = w = f  d p = w = t = p = w/t = ? w = fd p = w/t 250 j5 s 250 / 5 = ? 25 N10 m 25  10 = ? 250 j 50 watts

Ms. Miller pulls a box of paper 20 m using 50 N of force and it takes her 10 seconds. How much power did she use? w = f = d = w = f  d p = w = t = p = w/t = ? w = fd p = w/t 1000 j10 s 1000/ 10 = ? 50 N20 m 50  20 = ? 1000j 100 watts

When a force causes motion to occur in the same direction in which the force has been applied, we say that _______ has been done. Work is done when an object moves in the same direction a force is applied.

Suppose you are waiting for a train. While you are standing on the platform, your arms are becoming more and more tired from holding your heavy suitcases. Are you doing work? NO, when you lifted the suitcases you were doing work because you applied a force and moved an object. Holding the bags, although tiring, is NOT considered work.

In SI, the unit for work is the _______. A. Ampere B. Joule C. Newton D. Watt The correct answer is B. The SI unit for work is the joule.

In SI, the unit for power is the _______. A. Ampere B. Joule C. Newton D. Watt The correct answer is D. The SI unit for power is the watt.

A machine changes the way in which you do work but the total AMOUNT of work is the SAME What is the advantage of using a machine? Machines make work easier (less force) OR shorter (less distance) but it cannot do both at the same time!

The force that you apply on a machine is the input force. The force the machine applies is output force.

The number of times a machine increases the input force is the mechanical advantage of the machine. The greater the M.A., the easier the work.

Friction is always present between moving parts of a machine Efficiency is a measure of a machine’s effectiveness (a.k.a. ratio of the output work to the input work). Friction reduces the efficiency of machines by converting some of the input work into heat

Oil fills the gaps between the surfaces, and keeps many of the high spots from making contact. Lubricants allow MORE input work to be converted to output work which makes the machine MORE efficient! To reduce friction between two surfaces, add oil or other lubricants.

The force that you apply on a machine is known as the _______. The force that you apply is the input force. The force the machine applies is the output force.

There are three main advantages to using a machine. In what three ways does a machine make work easier? A machine makes work easier by changing the amount of force you need to exert, changing the distance over which the force is exerted, and changing the direction in which you exert the force.