Circuits
Graphing
Vocabulary
Speed
True/False
100
What is an open circuit
When a circuit has an interrupted flow of electrons.
100
The steepness of a line, calculated by using rise/run.
What is a slope?
100
When an object's distance from another is changing
What is motion?
100
What is speed?
Measured of how quickly an object gets from another
100
True or False: The more thermal energy, the hotter it is.
True
200
What is a closed circuit?
when a circuit has no interrupted flow of electrons.
200
What does a straight horizontal line mean on a distance verses time graph?
no motion
200
Increase in speed, decrease in speed, or change in direction
What is acceleration?
200
What is the formula for speed?
distance/time
300
How many paths for electricity does a series circuit have?
one path for electricity
300
What does a straight horizontal line mean on a speed verses time graph?
constant speed
300
When an object resists a change in motion
What is inertia?
300
What is an example of a decrease in speed?
catching a baseball
300
True or false? Gasoline is an example of heat energy.
True
400
How many paths for electricity does a parallel circuit have?
a parallel circuit has many paths for electricity
400
Billy is walking to get his mail. It takes him 20 seconds to travel 8 yards. He stops to tie his shoe. What kind of line will be shown when he stops?
a straight horizontal line will be shown
400
force exerted on an object
What is work?
400
What is an example of a change in direction?
hitting a baseball being pitched
400
True or false? Energy goes away.
false
500
In a series circuit, when one light goes off, what do the other lights do?
they ALL turn off
500
I am going 30 miles per hour in my car. What types of line will be shown?
straight vertical line
500
Speed in a given direction.
What is velocity?
500
What is an example of increasing speed?
pitching a baseball
500
True or false? An example of an increase in speed is catching a baseball.
false
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