Simple Machines
Motion
Newton
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
A beam that pivots on a fixed point
What is a lever?
100
An object that doesnt move that tells you how far an object has moved from that spot
What is a fixed reference point?
100
A Newton
What is a metric unit used to measure force?
100
A measure of an object's speed and direction
What is velocity?
100
How fast an object moves in a period of time
What is speed?
200
First Class Lever
Which class of levers has the fulcrum between the effort and load?
200
A bicycle ride
What is a good example of acceleration?
200
An object in motion will stay in motion at constant velocity unless acted upon by unbalanced force and an object at rest stays at rest.
What is the first Newton Law of Motion?
200
The result of a force applied to an object causing it to move
What is work?
200
The amount of space divided by time
How do you calculate speed?
300
Second class Lever
Which class of levers is a nutcracker?
300
Speed, acceleration, velocity
What are three ways to describe motion?
300
Force equals mass times acceleration
What is Newton's second Law of Motion?
300
The force that is applied to a simple machine
What is effort?
300
When one of the forces uses more effort or is putting force in the same direction of another force and causes movement
What is an unbalanced force?
400
A slanted straight surface
What is an inclined plane?
400
the change in an objects velocity ove a period of time
What is acceleration?
400
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
400
A measure of the steepness of a slope
What is grade?
400
A type of lever
What is a wheel and axle?
500
Primitive wedge made from stone
What is the earliest simple machine found?
500
Peregrine Falcon
What is the fastest creature on earth?
500
Sir Isaac Newton
Who was the most influentual christian in the history of science?
500
A metric unit used to measure work,equal to one newton meter(Nm)
What is a joule?
500
Fulcrum
What is the point where a lever rotates or pivots?
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