Principles of Technology

Overview: Work

Video Study Guide

 

How often do we do some kind of work?

 

Give a technician's definition of work.

 

What makes the Prab robot stop doing work?

 

List two ways in which the robots in the video do work.

 

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"Using force to move something a distance is work in a _______________________ system."

 

What causes work in a fluid system?

 

What causes work in an electrical system?

 

What is the general formula for work in a mechanical system?

 

"Work is only done when something _____________________________ or _____________________________ ."

 

Why doesn't thinking count as work?

 

What effect does time have on work?

 

Complete the following formulas:

 

Mechanical Work = _______________________ X _______________________

 

Rotational Work = _______________________ X _______________________

 

Fluid Work = _______________________ X _______________________

 

Electrical Work = _______________________ X _______________________

 


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