Georgia High School Physical Science EOC Practice Test 2026 – Complete All-in-One Guide to Exam Success!

The unit for both work and energy is the joule. A joule is defined as the amount of work done when a force of one newton acts through a displacement of one meter in the same direction as the force. This means any time you’re measuring how much energy is transferred or how much work is performed, you’re using joules. The other units correspond to different quantities: a newton is a unit of force, a meter is a unit of distance, and a watt is a unit of power, which is the rate at which work is done (joules per second).