Force and Work

You try to push a huge box. It doesn’t move. Have you done any work? Type yes or no in the space provided.

For work to be done, the box would have to move.

You want to take the cap off of a soda pop bottle. You need a tool that will remove it with the least amount of force. You want to do work. You just don’t want to do too much. The bottle opener tool does most of the work. This is how a tool helps save you energy.