Springs and Things
This is the term for the mass added to a spring scale.
What is grams.
This great thinker used ball and ramp experiments to support his ideas about force.
Whos is Galileo.
What is kinetic energy.
True or False: If two people are moving a large bookshelf, and they are both pushing on the same side, then net force would be zero. (explain your anser)
What is False
If an apple is sitting on a table what two forces are involved?
What is Gravity and the table pushing up.
100 grams of mass exerts a force of ______ when pulled by the force of gravity.
What is 1 Newton.
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion and objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Newton's First Law of Motion
Force is an ________________ between two objects.
What is an interaction.
True of False: Newton's Second Law of Motion states that to move a mass you do not need a force.
What is False.
If I push a grocery cart using 500 N of force into a wall how much force will the wall push back?
What is 500 N of force
When I pull down the hook on the bottom of my spring scale, the spring inside the shaft does this.
What is compresses or goes down.
Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite ________.
What is reaction.
What takes more force to move: a large fluffy pillow or a bag of apples?
What is a bag of apples.
True or False: A skater standing still on a frozen lake has a net force of zero. (Explain your answer)
What is True.
If a student pushes a desk against a wall using 100 N of force and the desk does not move, what is the "Net Force"?
What is 0.
When you add a load to the hook, the force of ______ acting on the load's mass pulls the spring down.
What is gravity.
What is a Newton.
If two opposing forces act on an object, the difference between the strength of the two forces is the ______ acting in the direction of the greater one.
What is Net Force
True or False: A hockey player coming to a stop on the ice has a net force of zero. (Explain your answer)
What is False.
True or False: A force is always a push. (Explain your answer)
What is False
I am holding spring scale (A) still and pushing spring scale (B) with 6N of force. What should spring scale (A) read for force?
What is 6 Newtons.
This Greek Philosopher was first for helping people understand how the world words.
Who is Aristotle.
In tug of war, each team applies _______ forces through a rope.
What is opposing.
Would you need more force to slide across sand paper or construction paper?
What is sand paper.
True or False: Two people lifting a table has a net force of zero.
(explain your answer)
What is false.