Forces & Motion
Pushing a cereal box across a table has this kind of friction.
What is sliding friction?
*(Initially there would be static friction)
The equation for work.
What is W = Fd?
Nonrenewable resources.
What are fossil fuels?
*(oil, natural gas, coal, uranium)
The full range of electromagnetic radiation.
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
This is another name for voltage.
What is potential difference?
A falling leaf encounters these forces when falling.
What are air resistance (fluid friction) and gravity?
When the fulcrum is in the center of the lever.
What is a first class lever?
The second law of thermodynamics.
What is “heat flows from hot to cold (it can go cold to hot with energy)”?
When light bends as it enters water causing an object to look broken.
What is refraction?
The kind of circuit that causes old Christmas lights to all go out.
What is a series circuit?
The curved path a thrown ball takes.
What is projectile motion?
These are the 6 simple machines.
What are the:
Inclined Plane, Lever, Wedge, Wheel and Axle, Pulley, & Screw
The first law of thermodynamics.
What is “energy is conserved”?
White light is made of this.
What are the colors of the rainbow?
*(ROYGBIV)
A flashlight has this kind of current.
What is direct current?
Newton’s First Law of Motion.
What is “An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by a outside force.”
The Law of Inertia
When the effort is in the center of a lever.
What is a third class lever?
Renewable resources.
What are hydroelectric, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and nuclear fusion?
An earthquake is this type of wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
*(Sometimes called a P-wave or primary wave)
Air is an example of this.
What is an insulator?
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
What is “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
Law of Opposites
When the resistance is in the center of a lever.
What is a second class lever?
The third law of thermodynamics.
What is “absolute zero cannot be reached”?
The reason you hear different pitches as a vehicle passes you.
What is the Doppler Effect?
When charges separate without direct touch.
What is induction?