Vocab
The force of attraction between any two objects
What is gravity?
When a car stops suddenly, the passenger keeps on going forward. Please name or describe this law.
What is Newton's 1st Law?
Mass x Acceleration = This!
What is force?
This non-contact force was discovered by Newton
What is gravity?
My Lego tower fell over. Were the forces balanced?
What is NO!
Any change in motion
What is acceleration?
When John Cena throws a baseball, it goes farther than when I throw a baseball.
What is Newton's Second Law?
In order to reduce the FORCE of your egg hitting the box, your egg car had to reduce which two things?
What is acceleration and mass?
What is friction?
True or False: Combined forces have to go in the same direction.
What is true?
The unit used to measure force
What is a Newton?
Little Jimmy's wagon hit the back of his legs when he stopped on the middle of the hill.
What is Newton's first law?
The mass is 50 g. The acceleration is 3 m/s. This is the force!
What is 150 Newtons?
The definition of a force is this
What is a push or a pull that acts on an object?
For something to be balanced, are forces going in the same or opposite directions?
What is opposite?
A sleeping teenager wants to stay a sleeping teenager, and their poor parents have to work REALLY hard to make them move to go to school. This is a symbolic example of what vocabulary term?
What is inertia?
Giovanna and Keira crashed their bumper cars into each other at top speed, then both went flying backwards.
What is Newton's Third Law?
Ice skating, shuffleboard, and skiing require what?
What is little friction?
These are the three non-contact forces
What are gravity, static electricity, and magnetism?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Please explain the forces at work that keep the American flag non-moving at the front of our room.
Motion where the speed and direction do not change
What is uniform motion?
Newton's first law can also be called the law of which vocabulary word?
What is inertia?
DAILY DOUBLE! (It's tricky!!!)
The FORCE of an object is 200 N. The ACCELERATION is 10 m/s. What is the MASS?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Please give an example for each - a force that makes things stop, one that makes things go, and one that makes things change direction
It takes 375 N to pull my wagon. I can only exert 225 N. How much force will Patrick have to use when he comes to save the day?!
What is 150 N?