Vocabulary
Anything that is moving or changing
What is Motion?
A machine used to make work easier; allows you to use LESS force
What is a Simple Machine?
This scale is used to measure force
What is Spring Scale?
Anything that pushes, pulls, kicks, hits or makes an object move (Measured in Newtons)
What is Force?
What is Gravity?
This simple machine holds things together
What is a Screw?
How fast an object is moving; rate of motion
What is Speed?
This simple machine can cut things, separate things, and hold things in place
What is a Wedge?
Helps to move heavy objects; like a ramp
What is an Inclined Plane?
This simple machine has wheels and helps to pull things up and down
What is a Pulley?
When force is applied and the object does NOT move
What is Balanced Force?
This simple machine has a part that can move and a long part attached
What is a Wheel and Axle?
When force is applied and the object moves
What is Unbalanced Force?
The heavier an object is the more of this that is required
What is Force?
This simple machine has a rod or bar that can be held onto
What is a Lever and Fulcrum?
The type of energy in a moving ball
What is Kinetic Energy?
The stronger the force, the more that this will happen to the spring
What is Stretch?
Push or pull on an object to make the load move
What is Effort?
The combination of speed and the direction an object is going
What is Velocity?
Stored energy
What is Potential Energy?
Energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
The type of energy in a baseball bat ready to swing
What is Potential Energy?
This equals "Change"
What is Delta?
The object you want to move
What is Load?
The change in an object's position compared to another object's position
What is Relative Motion?