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Can a body or object do work?

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Yes it can!

In physics work is the number of joules per second that the object or body (assuming large planetary body) uses or emmits per second, work is measured in Watts and it is usually electromagnetic radiation that carries this energy.

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Differentiate batween the work done on the body and work done by the body?

note: Work done is = force applied to a body * time taken by the body When we apply a force on to an object such that the object displaced in the direction of force, then some unit of work is done on the body. When a body sets another body into motion by applying a force, in unit time, that body is considered as it had done a unit of work


What is meant by potential energy of a body?

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Can a centripetal force ever do work on an object. explain?

Centripetal force refers to the force that acts on a body moving in a circular path. It does not do work on an object because it acts perpendicular to the motion of the body. The work done on a rotating object is zero.


Give an example of an object that 1 moves and 2 has a force exerted on it but no work is performed on the object?

A body in a circular orbit around the earth or sun is moving. There is a gravitational force attracting it towards the central body, but gravity does no work on it. Since the orbit is circular, the object never moves toward the central body, so the force of gravity never moves it through a distance in the direction of the force.


What term describes the amount of energy a moving object has?

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Differentiate batween the work done on the body and work done by the body?

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Can a sharp object work its way through the body?

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ability to do work as a result of the position/shape, etc. of an object


Can a centripetal force ever do work on an object. explain?

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Give an example of an object that 1 moves and 2 has a force exerted on it but no work is performed on the object?

A body in a circular orbit around the earth or sun is moving. There is a gravitational force attracting it towards the central body, but gravity does no work on it. Since the orbit is circular, the object never moves toward the central body, so the force of gravity never moves it through a distance in the direction of the force.


When can you say that work is done on an object?

when a force acts to move an object,we say that work was done on the object


What are diifferent word for object?

a "body" "moving body" an "object" is moving with constant velocity. [OR] a "body" is moving with constant velocity.


What term describes the amount of energy a moving object has?

An object's kinetic energy is energy entirely due to its motion. The kinetic energy of an object, at some given speed, is the work needed to accelerate that body from rest to the given speed.


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Work is the product of force and an object's what?

Yes. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion does work. The formula for work is W = F x d, where force(F) is in Newtons, distance(d) is in meters, and work(W) is in Newton*meters(N*m), or Joules(J). (1N*m = 1J) A force acting on a body in the opposite direction to its motion does "negative work". It causes the moving body to slow down, the moving body loses kinetic energy, and that energy is absorbed by the source of the force. Mathematically, the force and the distance it moves through have opposite directions, so the product of (force) x (distance) is a negative number: negative work.


When do you say work is done?

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When can work be negative physics?

If you apply force in the same direction an object moves, the work on the object is positive.If the force is in the opposite direction as the direction the object moves, the work on the object is negative.