Energy and work use the same unit of the Joule because:

both concepts use force as a variable

both measure the speed at which power is used

that is the unit chosen by the scientist named Pascal who studied heat

Who does more work - a man who lifts a large box from the ground up into the back of a truck, or a man who puts the same box on a trolley and wheels it up a ramp into the truck?

neither the man with the trolley nor the one who lifts it

Test Your Knowledge About Work, Power and Energy! Trivia Questions Quiz

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