Terms
Anything made of atoms or parts of atoms.
What is matter?
What is Galileo's last name (also known as a secondary name or family name)?
What is Galilei?
What equation would you use for the following problem: A train travels 25.1 miles in 0.50 hr. Calculate the velocity.
What is d = vt? or more accurately v = d/t
The variable used to specify the quantity of matter.
What is mass?
When did Galileo live?
Either acceptable answer:
1564-1642 or 17th century
What equation would you use for the following problem: Consider a car with a mass of 1880 kg. How much force does it take to give this car an acceleration of 1.50 m/s2?
What is a = F/m ?
Matters state of motion (movement or lack of movement) is known as _______.
What is inertia?
Which -centric was Galileo's scientific theory of planetary motion.
What is heliocentric?
What equation would you use for the following problem: a space ship travels 8.96 x 10(9th) km at 3.45 x 10 (5th) m/s. How long does this trip take?
What is d = vt or more accurately, t = d/v
The force acting on an object due to gravity.
What is weight?
What is the name of the cardinal that was friends with Galileo and helped him through his trial with the Catholic church?
Who was Roberto Bellamine?
What equation would you use for the following problem: a proton is uniformly accelerated from rest to 80.0% of the speed of light in 18 hrs, 6 minutes, 45 seconds. What is the acceleration of the proton?
What is a = vf - vi/t
A push or pull (action or reaction), also known as _____.
What is force?
What is the name of the 5:55 minute long song by British rock band Queen that mentions Galileo?
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
What equation would you use for the following problem: A missile with a mass of 45,500 kg is accelerated from rest to 55 m/s in 6.4 seconds. What is the acceleration of the missile?
What is a = vf - vi/t