SCIENCE
Earth has seasons because?
Its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
All objects are attracted to each other because of what force?
Gravity
The strength of gravity depends on?
The masses of the objects and the distance between them.
The tendency of moving objects to continue moving in a straight line is because of?
Inertia
The phase of the moon you see depends on?
How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
Day and night are caused by?
Earth’s rotation on its axis
An equinox occurs when?
Neither hemisphere is tilted towards or away from the sun
The two factors that combine to keep Earth and the moon in their orbits are?
Gravity and inertia
From the New moon phase to a full moon you see ?
An increasing amount of the lit side of the moon
Because the moon rotates once for every Revolution around Earth you never see what?
The far side of the moon from Earth
During what phase of the moon Can a lunar eclipse occur?
Full moon
A total solar eclipse is visible from?
The moons umbra
When are tides the highest?
When the sun, moon and Earth are nearly in line.
Which of the following has kinetic energy?
Mrs. Ahern poised for a fall
Mrs. Ruffino holding a drawn back Bow
Mr. Neumann rolling his bowling ball
Mrs. Susmin sleeping in her car at a red light
The rolling bowling ball
Potential energy that depends on height?
Gravitational potential energy
Unlike Kinetic Energy, potential energy is ?
stored
When you rub your hands together on Cold winters day you use friction to transform?
Mechanical energy to thermal energy
The law of conservation of energy States that when one form of energy is transformed to another?
No Energy is destroyed In the process
The force of gravity on a person or object is called?
weight
The amount of matter in an object is called?
mass
When you know the speed and direction of an object’s motion, you know its?
velocity
The rate at which velocity changes is called?
acceleration
An object changing direction is an example of?
acceleration
If you know Mr. Neumann drove 300 Kilometers in 3 hrs, you can figure out His what?
Average speed
The ability to do work or cause change is called?
Energy