Vocabulary
Isaac Newton
Simple Machines
Forces and Motion
Investigations
100
a push or pull on something
What is a force?
100
Newton saw this object and began thinking about motion
What is an apple?
100
catapults and seesaws are examples of this simple machine
What is the lever?
100
the force that pulls things, such as a paper airplane or baseball, down to the Earth
What is gravity?
100
when investigating the block of wood, this surface required the most amount of force to be moved
What is rubber bands?
200
any changing in position or location of an object
What is motion?
200
Newton left college because of this reason
What is the plague?
200
this simple machine is at the bottom of light bulbs
What is a screw?
200
a force that moves things away from you
What is a push?
200
to make the jumping frog move you need to use this type of force
What is a pushing force?
300
how fast or slow something moves
What is speed?
300
where Isaac Newton is from
What is England?
300
elevators and flagpoles use this simple machine
What is a pulley?
300
a force due to rubbing
What is friction?
300
when a paper airplane hits the wall on Earth, this happens
What is it falls down to the ground?
400
the way something is placed or arranged
What is position?
400
the first half of Newton's First Law of Motion
What is an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force?
400
a tooth is an example of this simple machine
What is a wedge?
400
pull
What is a force that brings things towards you?
400
if a marble and dictionary are dropped from the same height at the same time, they will hit the ground ________________
What is at the same time?
500
things that can be changed in an investigation
What are variables?
500
it took more than ______ years for Isaac Newton to share his Laws of Motion with the world
What is 20?
500
this simple machine is used in the back of moving trucks (be careful--it is something that makes moving trucks unique!)
What is the inclined plane
500
To best describe motion, you should include these four things
What are speed, motion, direction, and distance?
500
a lever with a long arm needs ___________ force than a lever with a short arm
What is less?
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