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Question

The rate of doing work is called:

The correct answer is

power

The correct answer is power.

 Key Points

  • In physics, power is the rate of doing work.
    • It is the amount of energy consumed per unit of time.
    • The unit of power is joules per second (J/s), which is known as watts (in honor of James Watt, the developer of the steam engine in the eighteenth century).

 Important Points

  • Power is the rate at which work is done or the rate at which energy is transferred from one place to another or converted from one form to another.
    • One joule per second is called a watt [W] in honor of Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt.
  • In physics, energy is the capacity to do work. It can exist in potential, kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or various other forms.
    • Additionally, the process of transfer from one body to another involves heat and work, that is, energy as well.
  • Momentum is a term in physics; it refers to the quantity of motion of an object.
    • Momentum can be defined as "mass in motion".
    • All objects have mass; therefore, if an object is in motion, it has momentum, its mass is in motion.
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Important Questions from Work Power Energy

  1. The energy possessed by a body due to its change in position or shape is called

  2. Wind turbines convert ________ energy into mechanical power.

  3. What is represented by the product of force with displacement in the direction of force?

  4. What powers the Earth's internal heat engine?

  5. What is the commercial unit of electric energy?

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