A force of attraction between any two objects that have mass.
What is gravity?
When you push or pull an object, you are applying this type of force.
What is a contact force?
What is the term for a force that causes an object to change its motion?
What is a force?
What is the formula to calculate speed?
What is speed = distance/time?
What is the term for the distance covered in a specific direction?
What is displacement?
_______ energy is the energy stored in an object. _________ energy is the energy of motion.
What is potential energy and kinetic energy?
The _____ is the amount of matter in an item, and the _____ is the force of gravity on an object.
What is mass and weight?
This type of force occurs when magnets attract or repel each other.
What is magnetic force?
When two equal forces act on an object in opposite directions, what kind of forces are they?
What are balanced forces?
If an object covers 100 meters in 20 seconds, what is its speed?
What is 5 meters per second (5 m/s)?
What is the SI unit of distance commonly used in science?
What is meters (m)?
What is the process by which energy is transferred through the movement of particles in a material, such as air or water?
What is conduction?
Every object exerts gravitational force on every other object and that the force depends on how much mass the objects have and how far apart they are.
What is the law of universal gravitation?
When you blow up a balloon and then release it, it moves because of this force.
What is air resistance or air pressure?
If you push a book with a force of 5 Newtons to the left and your friend pushes it with a force of 3 Newtons to the right, what type of forces are acting on the book?
What are unbalanced forces?
If a car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour (mph) for 3 hours, how far does it go?
What is 180 miles?
Speed is when an object moves the same distance for each unit of time.
What is constant speed?
In which form of energy transfer does heat move through fluids (liquids and gases) in a circular motion?
What is Convection?
Who is the famous scientist credited with formulating the laws of gravitation?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
This force allows us to walk on the ground without falling through it.
What is normal force?
When a car is moving at a constant speed on a straight road, are the forces acting on it balanced or unbalanced?
What are balanced forces?
What is the term for the change in an object's speed or direction over time?
What is acceleration?
When an object's speed is increasing, what type of acceleration is it experiencing?
What is positive acceleration?
When you strike a match, what type of energy transfer is responsible for the flame that is produced?
What is Chemical energy is transformed into thermal (heat) energy?
According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, what two factors affect the strength of the gravitational force between two objects?
What are mass and distance?
"An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force."
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
If you have two forces, one of 8 Newtons to the right and another of 5 Newtons to the left, what is the net force acting on the object?
What is 3 Newtons to the right?
What is speed graph?
What is the formula to calculate acceleration?
What is acceleration = (change in velocity) / (time)?
In what type of energy transfer does energy travel in the form of electromagnetic waves, such as visible light and infrared _______?
What is radiation?
If you increase the mass of an object, what happens to the gravitational force it exerts?
What increases?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
If you are pushing a box to the right with a force of 10 Newtons and your friend pushes it to the left with a force of 10 Newtons, what is the net force on the box?
What is zero Newtons (0 N)?
What is acceleration graph?
What is happening in segment B?
What is not moving?
What is the term for energy cannot be created or destroyed, it changes from one type to another?
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy ?
What is the fundamental difference between an object's weight and its mass?
What is weight is the force of gravity on an object, while mass is the amount of matter in an object?
F=M X A
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
If you kick a soccer ball, and it starts moving across the field, what type of forces are acting on the ball when it's in motion?
What are unbalanced forces?
_________ speed is an object's speed at one specific moment.______ speed takes into account the distance traveled and the total time it took to complete the journey.
What is the difference between instantaneous speed and average speed?
What is happening in segment D?
What is negative acceleration?
When you turn on a flashlight, what type of energy transfer occurs to produce light?
What is electrical energy is transformed into light energy?