Physics terms
This means how far something has traveled and it is a scalar
What is distance?
The unit of mass in physics
What is the kilogram?
You walk 20 meters West and then 10 meters East. What is the total distance.
What is 30 m?
The unit of force in physics
What is the Newton?
The name of the first satellite to orbit Earth.
What is Sputnik?
This term is the change in position of an object
What is displacement?
The units for velocity in physics
What is m/s?
The three countries where the metric system is not used.
What is the U.S., Myanmar, and Lyberia?
The unit that is used for velocity in physics.
What are meters per second?
Quantitative amounts that are described by a number and a unit.
What are measurements?
The term in physics can be thought of as "speed with a direction"
What is velocity?
The temperature scale that begins at absolute zero.
What is the Kelvin scale?
In an equation, these are values that can change.
What are variables?
Density is related to the _____ and volume of an object.
What is mass?
The name of temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees.
What is the Fahrenheit scale?
This term is the rate at which the velocity is changing
What is acceleration?
The most commonly used units of temperature around the world.
What is degrees Celsius?
What is the name of the algebra symbol that means "change in?"
What is Delta?
The unit of power physics.
What is the Watt?
The SI unit for luminous intensity.
What is the candela (cd)?
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
Measurements made in feet, inches, and gallons.
What are US units?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
The process of replacing a variable in an equation with a number.
What is substitutuion?
The metric system is based on powers of ____.
What is powers of 10?