Word Meaning
The Nature of Force
Friction and Gravity
Newton's Laws of Motion
Rockets and Satellites
100
A push or a pull
What is a force
100
The Newton is named for this mathematician(first and last name needed).
What is Isaac Newton?
100
These are the two factors that the strength of friction depends upon.
What is how hard two surfaces push together and the type of surfaces involved?
100
This is the formula for acceleration.
What is Net force/Mass?
100
This is the object(s) that receives the action force from the rocket in a rocket's liftoff.
What is the expelled gasses?
200
It is an object that is thrown.
What is a projectile?
200
This is the name of the total force of an object.
What is the net force?
200
This is the friction of objects that aren't moving.
What is Static Friction
200
This is the SI unit for momentum.
What is kilograms times meters per second?
200
This is the line that NASA position communication satellites over so they orbit directly over a certain position on Earth.
What is the equator?
300
This is the tendency of an object to resist a change of motion.
What is inertia?
300
A 3.5 Newton force to the right and a 6.5 Newton force to the left produces this net force.
What is a 3 Newton force to the left?
300
This is the force of gravity on an object of the surface of a planet, star, or other heavenly body.
What is weight?
300
According to Newton's first law; an object moving at a constant ____ will stay moving at a constant ____ unless acted upon by an outside force. (both blanks are the same word)
What is velocity?
300
Satellites in orbit around Earth continuously do THIS toward earth, but never hit Earth, because it curves away from the satellite.
What is fall?
400
This is a force that causes something to move in a circular path.
What is a centripetal force?
400
These are the three ways that unbalanced forces change an object's motion.
What is they stop it from moving, make it start moving, or change its direction?
400
This law states that gravity acts between all objects in the universe.
What is The Law of Universal Gravitation?
400
In the 1600's this man proposed that once an object is in motion, no force is needed to keep it in motion.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
400
This is how high satellites have to be to orbit the earth in 24 hours.
What is 36,000 kilometers? (35,800 kilometers is also accepted)
500
This is the SI unit for the strength of a force.
What is the Newton.
500
This is the motion of an object being acted upon by only balanced forces.
What is there is no movement?
500
Air resistance is a form of this friction.
What is fluid friction?
500
According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, a reaction force exerts a force of ____ strength in the opposite ____.
What is equal and direction?
500
This was the first artificial satellite.
What is Sputnik?
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