Vocabulary
Types of Forces
Newton's Laws
Force & Motion
Random Science
100
a change in motion is called...
What is acceleration
100
Which force pulls you down a playground slide?
What is gravity
100
An example of this force can be observed during a kickball game when the ball is pitched, but the force between the ball and the ground makes the ball stop before reaching the kicker
What is friction
100
microscopic bumps that slow objects down
What is Friction
100
Which one is greater: The gravitational pull of the earth on the moon or the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth?
Neither they are both equal.
200
What is kinetic energy?
Energy of moving objects
200
the force that works against movement
What is friction?
200
An example of this law can be observed when a tennis ball hits a net and then falls to the court.
What is Newton's First Law
200
This is the formula used in Newton's 2nd law of Motion
F=ma
200
High tide and Low tide are cause by what?
The moon's gravitational pull
300
Newton's First Law is also known as the Law of _______?
What is inertia
300
The type of force which results in movement?
What is an unbalanced force?
300
An example of this law is the downward force of a rocket's boosters blasting the rocket up off the launch pad.
What is Newton's Third Law
300
this is the unit for measuring force
What is Newtons
300
Who came up with the Laws of Motion? (full name)
Issac Newton
400
How hard it is to stop a moving objects is called...
Momentum
400
Ms. Cordero's class and Mrs. Heavey's class are playing tug-of-war. After several minutes, the students notice that the rope has not moved at all. what is this called? (has to do with force)
What is the two classes have created a balanced force on the rope.
400
An example of this Newton's law can be observed when one race car accelerates off the starting line faster than another race car.
What is Newton's Second Law
400
The measure (number) of how much force you put into something
What is Magnitude
400
This is the measure of gravitational pull on an object.
Weight
500
When a roller coaster is traveling up the first hill, it is storing what?
What is potential energy
500
What two forces are acting together to keep a cup balanced on a table?
What is gravity and the force of the table holding the cup up
500
Newton's Second Law states that an object's acceleration depends on which two factors?
What is mass and force applied
500
When you add or subtract newtons of force to find out where or if the object being pushed or pulled will move.
What is net force?
500
Name the 3 types of accelaration
Positive (speeding up), negative (slowing down), change of direction.
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