Force and Motion
Energy
Waves
Geologic Time and Fossils
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This scientist discovered the three laws of motion
Who is Sir Issac Newton?
100
Energy in motion is called _____
Kinetic Energy
100
What is a wave?
Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space
100
What is a fossil?
Evidence in rocks of the presence of a plant or an animal from an earlier geologic period
100
What is the definition of speed?
a measure of the given distance an object moves in a given amount of time
200
What is friction?
A force that acts against or stops motion when two surfaces rub against eachother
200
What are the five main forms of energy
Heat, chemical, electromagnetic, nuclear and mechanical
200
What is a longitudinal wave?
Waves that move back and forth
200
A vertical timeline that is separated into eras, periods and epochs is called the ______
geologic time scale
200
A bar that pivots on a fixed point is called a _____
What is a fulcrum?
300
What is the measure of gravity?
9.8 m/s squared
300
Two multiplied by kinetic energy divided by velocity squared is the equation for ____
Mass
300
What is amplitude?
The maximum distance the wave vibrates from its rest position
300
A squid like organism covered in a hard, textured shell is known as a ____
Ammonite
300
What is the corona?
Thinnest outer layer of the sun
400
What is the third law of motion?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
400
What is gravitational potential energy dependent on?
height
400
lambda multiplied by frequency is the equation for ____
wave length
400
Using atomic decay to calculate exact age is known as ______
radiometric/radioactive dating
400
What is a lunar eclipse?
When earths shadow is cast on the moon
500
Sir Issac Newton published this book in 1687
What is the Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica?
500
Photosynthesis is an example of...
Energy Conversion
500
Waves that do not require a medium are called ______
What are electromagnetic waves?
500
Trilobites appeared during the ________ Era
What is the paleozoic era?
500
Seasons occur in _______ regions
two regions
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