Energy is defined as the ___________ of doing work.
Energy:
Hence, energy is defined as the ability of doing work.
Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
(a) Work is measured as a product of ....................... and ..................
(b) The work done on a body moving in a circular path is .....................
(c) 1 joule is the work done when a force of one ............. moves an object through a distance of one.................. in the direction of .....................
(d) The ability of a body to do work is called .................... The ability of a body to do work because of its motion is called .................
(e) The sum of the potential and kinetic energies of a body is called ......... energy.
Give reasons for the following :
(a) No work is done if a man is pushing against a wall.
(b) The hammer drives a nail into the wood only when it is lifted up and then struck.
(c) A horse and a dog are running at the same speed. Which one of them has more kinetic energy than the other
(d) A teacher moving around in the class is doing work but a child standing and reading a book is not doing any work?
The energy supplied by a machine in doing some mechanical work is called input energy.