Key Terms
Forces
Friction
Newtons First Law
Graphing Motion
100
A force that slows the motion of an object
What is Friction?
100
A push or a pull
What is a Force
100
Friction between two surfaces that are not moving.
What is static friction?
100
Unit used to measure the force applied to an object.
What is a newton?
100
The given piece of information in the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
200
The changing position of an object.
What is motion?
200
When the marker in the middle of the rope for tug-of-war was not in the middle, meaning one team was pulling harder than the other this is.
What is an unbalanced force?
200
Falling on the pavement.
What is sliding friction?
200
A force where one object pulls on another object.
What is gravity?
200
The data that you collect in an experiment that changes.
What is a dependent variable?
300
A background non-moving object that is used to describe the motion of another object.
What is a point of reference?
300
A force that starts the moving of an object.
What is an unbalanced force?
300
A boat moving through water is an example of this.
What is fluid friction?
300
Who said, "Objects in motion need an applied force to keep them moving"?
Who is Aristotle?
300
Unexpected things that can alter the data.
What is a variable?
400
Distance divided by time
What is speed?
400
A force that does not effect the movement of an object.
What is a balanced force?
400
When one object rolls over another.
What is rolling friction?
400
An object at rest will stay at rest, while an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
What is Newton's First Law?
400
A representation of data plotted on an x and a y-axis.
What is a graph?
500
Properties of things that can change, be changed or alter the results of an experiment.
What is a variable?
500
The intensity of a push or a pull on an object.
What is strength force.
500
This is necessary for motion in many situations, but may also hinder motion.
What is friction?
500
This is Ms. Stetor's first name.
What is Michelle?
500
A person running at a constant speed would look like this on a graph?
What is a horizontal line?
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