Vocab
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Force and Moving Objects
Outside forces
Roller Coaster/Electricity
100

What is force?

push or a pull

100

What is potential energy?

stored energy

100

You luck a guitar string. Describe the motion of the string.

the string is moving up and down

100

What is friction?

the force when two objects rub together

100

Energy cannot be destroyed, but we learned that it can be what?

transferred

200

Name the two things needed to find velocity

speed and direction

200

What is kinetic Energy?

energy in motion

200

If there are balanced forces on an object the object is moving. True of False

false

200

What is gravity?

The force that pulls objects together (or towards the Earth)

200

How did you keep the marble from getting eaten?

Reduce the height of hill marble

use bumper marbles to transfer energy

300
What is work?

the ability to move something

300

The higher you go the more _______ energy you will have.

potential

300

Which object requires more force to move it?

Soccer ball

golf ball

soccer ball

300

Which causes more friction?

grass

tile floor

grass

300

Besides making things move, what else can electricity do?

cool, heat, light

400

What is speed?

how fast something is moving

400

When you start to go down the first hill of a roller coaster, what kind of energy do you have?

Kinetic

400

Two dogs are pulling on opposite ends of a chew toy. How would you describe the force on the chew toy?

balanced

400

Which object is affected more by gravity?

car

feather

car

500

What are the objects you use to detect motion called?

frame of reference

500

If you want an object to go faster should you put it higher, lower, or keep it the same?

higher

500
Force is measured in what unit?

Newtons

500

Which is affected more by friciton?

book shelf 

pillow

book shelf

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