Simple Machines
What is an inclined plane?
Force applied to an object to move it is called _____.
What is work?
A type of potential energy between two poles that attract or repel each other.
What is magnetic energy?
These transfer energy from one point to another.
What is a wave?
A water well is an example of _____.
What is a pulley?
How much work you do over time is called _____.
Energy that is stored in the bonds of molecules is called.
What is chemical energy?
Sound waves are an example of _____.
What is longitudinal or compressional waves?
Scissors are an example of _____.
What is a lever?
A comparison of work output vs work input is called _____.
What is efficiency?
The energy that is produced within the sun through fusion of atoms is called.
What is nuclear energy?
A type of wave that can travel through empty space and matter.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
An ax is a type of _____.
What is a wedge?
How much work is done if a dad pulls his son on a sled with 100 N of force over a distance of 10 meters?
What is 1000 J?
The movement of electrons through materials is called.
What is electricity?
How do you measure the wavelength of a wave (Drawing can be helpful!)
What is from the same point on two adjacent waves. See board for picture.
A catapult is not a simple machine but is instead a _______.
What is compound or complex machine?
What do simple machines reduce to make a task easier?
What is force?
If energy can not be destroyed, what form does 40% of the energy that is "lost" from the food we eat take?
What is heat energy?
How do we see color?
What is the reflection of visible light that is not absorbed.