A level Work, Energy and Power Quiz 1

A level Work, Energy and Power Quiz. In physics, work is the process of energy transfer to the motion of an object via application of a force, often represented as the product of force and displacement. A force is said to do positive work if (when applied) the force has a component in the direction of the displacement of the point of application. A force does negative work if the force has a component opposite to the direction of the displacement at the point of application of the force.

Energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.[note 1] Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed. The SI unit of energy is the joule, which is the energy transferred to an object by the work of moving it a distance of 1 metre against a force of 1 newton.

Power is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time. In the International System of Units, the unit of power is the watt, equal to one joule per second. In older works, power is sometimes called activity.[1][2][3] Power is a scalar quantity.