Vocabulary
Short Answer
Math in Science
Friction
Vocabulary
100

What is a characteristic of a moving object that is related to the mass and velocity of the object?

Momentum. 

100

If you had four dogs pulling a sled, and two people in the sled, how could you increase the sled's acceleration? Two ways. 

Add a dog, or take away a person. 

100
What is the equation for Momentum?

Mass x Velocity. 

100

What type of friction occurs when you swim in a pool?

Fluid Friction. 

100

What is a push or a pull?

Force. 

200

What is the combination of all the forces on an object?

Net Force. 

200

If you had four dogs pulling a sled, and two people in the sled, how would you decrease the sled's acceleration? Two ways. 

Take away a dog, or add a person. 

200
What is the equation for Acceleration?

Final Speed - Initial Speed/Time. 

200

What type of friction occurs when you rub your palms together?

Sliding Friction. 

200

What is a force that causes an object to move in a circular path?

Centripetal Force. 

300

What is the resistance to the change in motion?

Inertia. 

300

One object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts a force of equal strength in the opposite direction on the first object. Which law of motion is this?

Newton's Third Law of Motion. 

300

What is the SI Unit for Force?

Newton (N). 

300

What type of friction occurs when you skateboard on a ramp?

Rolling Friction. 

300

What SI Unit is the strength of Force measured in?

Newton.

400

What are objects that orbit other objects in space called?

Satellites. 

400

An object's acceleration depends on its mass and on the net force acting on it. Which law of motion is this?

Newton's Second Law of Motion.

400

What is the SI Unit for Momentum?

kg x m/s. 
400

What type of friction occurs when you push a desk that does not move?

Static Friction. 

400

What is a measure of the force of gravity on an object?

Mass.

500

What is the measure of the force of gravity on an object?

Weight. 

500

An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a nonzero net force. An object moving will stay moving unless acted on by a nonzero net force. Which law of motion?

Newton's First Law of Motion.

500

If the lioness has a Mass of 180kg, and a Velocity of 16 m/s to the right, what is her Momentum?

2880 kg x m/s. 

500
What direction does friction always act?

Opposite the direction of motion.

500

What in the absence of outside forces like friction, the total momentum of objects that interact with each other does not change?

Law of Conservation of Mass. 

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