Which diagram shows balanced forces?
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The middle one.
Pulling a tablecloth quickly from under dishes without disturbing them demonstrates which law?
Newton's First Law.
What is Newton's FIRST law of motion?
Inertia
What do waves carry from one place to another?
Energy
Which requires more force to move: a heavy object or a light object?
The heavy object.
Which object would require more force to move at the same acceleration?

The car
A softball has a mass of 2 kg and accelerates at 5 m/s². How much force is applied?
10 N
Which formula is used to calculate force?
F = ma
What is the distance between two wave crests called?
Wavelength
What is the distance from one crest to the next crest called?
Wavelength
What is the net force if an object experiences 6 N right, 12 N right, and 12 N left?

6 N
What does the "N" stand for when measuring force?
Newton
If forces are balanced, will an object speed up?
No
What is the top of a wave called?
Crest
In a sound wave, what do we call the area where particles are squished closely together?
Compression
A car moving to the right has a net force of 2,000 N to the right. What will happen?

The car will speed up toward the right?
What do we call a push or a pull?
A force
This is Newton's SECOND Law of Motion:
Force equals mass times acceleration
F=ma
What is the bottom of a wave called?
Trough
In a sound wave, what do we call the area where particles are spread farther apart?
Rarefaction
Two boxes are pushed with the same force. One has a mass of 2 kg and the other has a mass of 10 kg. Which accelerates more?
The small box.
If two forces are equal and opposite, what is the net force?
0 N
What is Isaac Newton's THIRD Law of motion?
Law of Action and Reaction
What do we call the height of a wave from the middle line to the crest?
Amplitude
If a wave has a long wavelength, what kind of frequency does it have?
Low frequency