Force
Energy
Force II
Energy: Sources & Transformation
FME Potpourri
100
Force is a _____ or _____.
What is push or pull?
100
Name the type of energy that means work has been done. It's also called the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
100
The name of the force that resists motion between touching objects

What is friction?

100

Name the type of energy a hammer exerts. 

What is mechanical energy?

100
What type of scale measures force in Newtons?
What is a spring scale?
200
Force is measured in this unit, named after a famous mathematician.
What is a Newton?
200
Name the type of energy that is stored.
What is potential energy?
200

The two forces that slow the speed of a moving object.

What are gravity and friction?

200

Describe the energy transformation of a toaster. 

What is electrical to thermal?

200
Name the force that makes your weight different on Earth and in outer space.
What is gravity?
300
If two people are applying force to the same object but in opposite directions, this is called _________ force.
What is balanced force?
300

What is required for an object to start or stop motion or to change direction and speed?

A force (push or pull). 

300

Describe how a diagram will show the greatest force acting on an object. 

The arrow of the greatest force will be longer. 

300

Describe the energy transformation of a ceiling fan. 

What is electrical to mechanical? 

300
Of a ping-pong ball, a golf ball, and a soccer ball, the object that requires the LEAST amount of force to move.
What is a ping-pong ball?
400
Objects with _____ mass require more force to move.
What is more?
400
The type of energy a roller coaster has at the top of a hill.
What is potential energy?
400

This is how motion is impacted when objects collide (or hit) each other. 

The objects' speeds and directions will change. 

400

Describe nonrenewable resources AND give an example of one. 

What is: natural resources that cannot be replenished because they take millions of years to form?
Examples: fossil fuels (petroleum, coal, natural gas) 

400
Explain why more force is needed to slide a hockey puck 10cm across a table than is needed to slide a button 10 cm across the same table.
What is the hockey puck has more mass?
500

How do we describe motion? (Hint: you need to come up with 2 descriptors)

What is an object's speed and direction?

500

The type of energy a roller coaster has going DOWN the hill.

What is kinetic energy?

500

WHITEBOARD OR PAPER REQUIRED
Draw an example showing all the different forces acting on an object at rest. 

Your image should have a total of FOUR arrows acting on the car. 

BONUS 500 POINTS: LABEL all the arrows with the name of the force!

500

Describe renewable resources AND give an example. 

What is a natural resource that can be replenished in a lifetime?
Examples: solar, wind, water (hydropower or hydroelectric) 

500
Define mass.
What is the amount of matter an object has, or the amount of space an object takes up?
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