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This is what causes objects to start or stop motion when applied to them
What is a force?
This describes the sum of forces acting on a stationary object
What is balanced?
The velocity of a runner who jogs 10 meters in 5 seconds
What is 2m/s
This famous physicist has the unit for force named after him
Who is Isaac Newton?
This is the tendency for an object at rest to stay at rest and an object at motion to stay at motion
What is inertia?
The direction a box will move if 5N push it right and 3N push it left
What is right?
The velocity of an apple that is thrown forward at 30m/s by a person riding a bike at 5m/s
This is the number of science teachers at DeSales
What is 5?
This is a measurement that describes the amount of distance traveled in a unit of time and in a specific direction
What is velocity?
The direction a box will move if two people push it right with 10N combined and one person pushes it left with 10N
What is not moving?
The acceleration of a person who went from jogging 4m/s to sprinting 8m/s in 2 seconds
What is 2m/s2?
This is how many dogs Mr. White has
What is 2?
This is a measurement of the change in speed over a specific unit of time
What is acceleration?
The direction a box will move if two people push it right with 10N each and one person pushes it left with 10N
What is right?
The velocity of a person walking right at 3m/s on a train moving 30m/s left, from the perspective of a stationary observer
What is 27m/s left?
This is how you kill a vampire
What is a wooden stake?
This is what is used to determine the viewpoint of a given speed measurement
What is a frame of reference?
The direction a box will move if one person pushes it left with 5N, one person pushes it right with 5N, one person pushes it up with 8N, and gravity pulls it down with 10N
What is down?
The velocity of an apple thrown left at 10m/s by a person walking left at 2m/s on a bus traveling 20m/s to the right, as seen by a stationary observer
What is 8m/s right?
This animal was used by miners to test the air for poison