Vocabulary
Motion and Speed
Laws of Motion
Orbits of Planets and Moons
Space Scientists!
100
Speed
What is the distance an object travels in a given amount of time?
100
The objects position is changing. (F34)
How do you know an object is in motion?
100
He developed the three laws of motion. (F40)
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
The property of matter that keeps it moving in a straight line or keeps it at rest. (F41)
What is inertia?
100
The name of the aircraft that is part rocket and part airplane. (F52)
What is the HyperSoar?
200
The product of velocity and mass.
What is momentum?
200
To observe motion you must see its postion change in relation to a background. (F34)
What is frame of reference?
200
The first law of motion. (F41)
What is an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion until an outside force acts on it?
200
The path the moon takes when these two forces act together. (F49)
What are inertia and gravity?
200
Two advantages of the HyperSoar to air travel are... (F52)
What are speed and the need for less fuel than regular rockets or airplanes?
300
Acceleration.
What is the change in speed or direction of an object?
300
The total distance an object moves divided by the total amount of time. 10m / 5sec = 2m/sec. (F35)
What is average time?
300
The second law of motion. (F42)
What is an object's acceleration depends on the size and direction of the force acting on it and on the mass of the object.
300
The law of universal gravitation. (F49)
What is all objects in the universe are attracted to all other objects?
300
All engines need oxygen, and the HyperSoar will get the oxygen it needs from ______________ instead of carrying it on board. (F52)
What is from the air?
400
Velocity.
What is the speed of an object in a particular direction?
400
A train moves south at 90 miles per hour. (F35)
What is velocity, a speed in a particular direction?
400
The third law of motion. (F43)
What is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
400
The law of universal gravitation is observable. (F49)
What is when the mass of one of the objects is huge?
400
A technique that allows a person to control certain body functions such as breathing rate. (F54)
What is biofeedback?
500
To measure the movement of an object, you must first locate this.
What is the objects position?
500
A car moving at 60 miles per hour slows down tp 40 miles per hour.(F35)
What is acceleration?
500
Conservation of momentum. (F44)
What is when a moving object exerts a force on another object and the total momentum of the objects stays the same. No momentum is produced and none is lost.
500
This is why a book is pulled toward the ground when it is dropped instead of the Earth being pulled to the book. (F49)
What is the Earth's mass is greater?
500
The name of the scientist who is studying the problems astronauts have while in space. (F54)
Who is Patricia Cowings?
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