IPC Final Review

KE/PE

100

Energy of position

What is potential energy?

200

Energy of motion

What is kinetic energy?

300

Produced when an object is compressed or stretched

What is elastic potential energy?

400

Electrical, sound, thermal

What are examples of kinetic energy?

500

Height, gravity and mass

What does gravitational potential energy depend on?

Newton's Laws

100

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

What is Newton's 1st Law?

200

The sum of all forces acting on an object

What is net force?

300

A push or pull

What is a force?

400

Rocketship

What is an example of Newton's 3rd law?

500

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

What is inertia?

Motion

100

Vector quantity

What is a quantity that has direction?

200

Distance, speed

What are examples of scalar quantities?

300

0 m/s

What is the speed of an object at rest?

400

Slope of a position-time graph

What is speed?

500

Slowing down, speeding up or changing directions

What causes an object to accelerate?

Energy Cont.

100

Fossil fuels

What is an example of a nonrenewable resourse?

200

Hair dryer

What is an example of electrical energy being converted into heat energy?

300

Photosynthesis by plants

What is an example of light energy being converted into chemical energy?

400

Law of conservation of energy

Which law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed?

500

Conserve & recycle

What can we do to reduce energy use?

Formulas

100

1/2mv²

What is the equation for kinetic energy

200

mgh

What is the equation for potential energy?

300

x_f-x_i/t

What is the equation to solve for velocity?

400

v_f-v_i/t

What is the equation to solve for acceleration?

500

F/a

What is the equation to solve for mass when given the force and acceleration?