Motion
Energy
Forces
Power and Work
Grab Bag
100
A variable in an equation with velocity and time. Its units are in meters.

What is distance?

100

The type of energy that exists in a moving object.

What is kinetic?

100

Forces that act an object with equal magnitude and opposite direction.

What is balanced?

100

The unit of Power

What is Watts?

100

Force exerted over a certain surface area.

What is pressure?

200

The method to calculate the distance travelled on a velocity-time graph?

What is calculate the area under the curve?

200

This law states that energy is neither created nor destroyed.

What is the conservation of energy?

200

A force that is often confused with mass.

What is weight?

200

The vertical distance of a ramp when the force of a bike riding on the ramp is 25 N and the work is 17.5 J.

What is 0.7 m?

200

The Fnet when a soccer ball is kicked across a field.

What is unbalanced?

300

The gradient of a velocity-time graph.

What is acceleration?

300

The gravitational energy of a climber with a mass of 81 kg climbing at a height of 34 m.

What is 27,540 J?

300

The Fnet of a shark as it swims through the ocean with a gravitational and buoyancy force of 6000 N, a thrust force of 8050 N and a frictional force of 6700 N.

What is Fnet = 1350 N?

300

Description of how "powerful" an appliance or tool is.

What is the transfer of energy at a faster rate?

300

The pressure exerted to create a moko (Māori tattoo) is 57 Pa. The size of the moko is 0.8 m2.

What is 46 N?

400

A car on a highway travels 560 m in 20 s.

What is 28 ms-1?

400

The mass of a bird as it flies through Christchurch at a speed of 8.9 ms-1 and kinetic energy of 35.6 J.

What is 0.9 kg?

400

The force(s) acting on a manu tukutuku (Māori kite) as a person runs with it in the air.

What are gravitational force, lift, thrust and air resistance?

400

The work done by a fridge with a power usage 165 W in 30 minutes.

What is 297,000 J?

400

The maximum height a girl could reach as they climb a vertical rope if she has a mass of 60 kg and uses 5100 J of energy.

What is 8.5 m?

500

A train accelerating at 0.75 ms-2 in 2 minutes.

What is 90 ms-1?

500

The velocity of a diver who falls off a diving board at a height of 8 m. Assume energy is conserved.

What is 12.6 ms-1?

500

The force(s) acting on a skydiver the instant they jump out of a plane. Hint: t = 0

What is weight force?

500

The amount of force it takes to ride a bike up a ramp with a distance of 4 m. (W = 544 J)

What is 136 N?

500

The acceleration of a skydiver when they reach terminal (maximum) velocity.

What is zero?

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