Metric Mania
Calculate Those Forces
Vocabulary Fun
What Force?
A Little Bit of Everything
100
The abbreviation for Millimters
What is mm
100
Craig is pulling the table 5N east while Susan is pulling the table 5N west. What would the net force of these students?
What is 0N (no movement)
100
A push or a pull
What is a force
100
Paul and Burl have combined weights of 1300N. The tension in the supporting roups that support the scaffold they stand on add to 1700N. The weight of the scaffold itself must be...
What is 400N
100
The scientific unit of force
What is the Newton (N)
200
16cm = ______ mm
What is 160
200
When Ben, the painter, stands in the exact middle of his staging, the left scale reads 600N. What would the right scale read?
What is 600N
200
The upward force that balances its weight on a surface; also called normal force
What is support force
200
A contact force between objects that slide or tend to slide against each other
What is friction
200
The equlibrium rule
What is EF=O
300
480 cm = ______ m
What is 48
300
A 12-ton truck is one-quarter the way across a bridge that weighs 20 tons. A 13-ton force supports the right side of the bridge. How much support force is on the left side?
What is 19 tons
300
A state where no physical change occurs
What is Mechanical equilibrium
300
Objects at rest are said to be __________ equilibrium where as objects moving at a constant speed in a straight-line path are said to be in ___________ equilibrium.
What is Static and Dynamic
300
What 2 forces are acting upon the rock when you hold it in your hand at rest
What is support force and gravity
400
The abbreviation for Kilograms
What is kg
400
4N pulling east and 6N pushing west
What is 2N West
400
The vector sum of 2 or more vectors
What is Resultant
400
Strecthing force associated with springs
What is tension
400
When Nellie hangs at rest by a pair of ropes, equal distance apart, the tensions in the ropes are...
What is equal to Nellie's weight
500
5000 mg = ____ g
What is 5
500
9N pushing east and 10N pushing east
What is 19N east
500
A quantity that can be specified by its magnitude, it has no direction
What is Scalar
500
A upward force that balances a weight on a surface
What is support or normal force
500
An arrow that represent the magnitude and direction of a quantity
What is a vector
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