Dimensional Analysis
Motion
Forces
Energy
Work and Electricity
100
The number of yards in 107 miles. There are 5280 feet in 1 mile. There are 3 feet in 1 yard.
What is 188,320?
100
The two pieces of information you would need to figure out your average speed to Myrtle Beach.
What is distance and time?
100
The relationship between mass, acceleration, and force.
What is Newton's 2nd Law?
100
Energy stored due to position.
What is potential energy?
100
The work done if you push against a brickwall with a force of 1200 Newtons.
What is zero?
200
The number of grams in 2 kilograms.
What is 2000?
200
The acceleration of an object moving at a constant speed of 100 miles per hour.
What is zero?
200
An example of a force that opposes motion.
What is friction or air resistance?
200
The gravitational potential energy (including units!) of a coffee mug with a mass 0.3 kg that is on a countertop 1.0 meters high above the ground.
What is 2.94 Joules?
200
The rate at which work is done.
What is power?
300
The only example of an SI unit from the following list: foot, pound, second, gallon
What is a second?
300
The acceleration (including units!) of a jet airliner that starts at rest at the end of runway and reaches a speed of 80 m/s in 20 seconds.
What is 4 meters per second squared?
300
9.81 meters per second squared.
What is acceleration due to gravity?
300
The law of nature that states energy cannot be destroyed or created. You must say this perfectly correct.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
300
In a simple machine, the force that is applied to the machine.
What is input force?
400
The dependent variable in an experiment that tests the relationship between how hard you hit the gas and how fast a car goes.
What is how fast the car goes?
400
Speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction of an object.
What is acceleration?
400
The baseball's speed (including units!) if the mass of the baseball is 0.15 kg and it has a momentum of 6.0.
What is 40 m/s?
400
The specific energy conversion performed by a lightbulb.
What is electrical to radiant or thermal energy?
400
Wood, rubber, and glass.
What are electrical insulators?
500
The number of seconds on Christmas break, which is two weeks.
What is 1,209,600?
500
If you are the mayor of a town, the two pieces of information you need to know about a hurricane in order to decide whether or not to evacuate your citizens.
What is speed and direction?
500
The mass of a skateboard if you push yourself with a force of 30 Newtons and accelerate at 0.5 meters per second squared. Your mass is 58 kg.
What is 2 kg?
500
The point on a swing where kinetic energy is at a maximum and potential energy is at a minimum.
What is the bottom?
500
The power rating on an electric dryer that is operated for 0.75 hours and uses 3.0 kWh of electrical energy.
What is 4 kW or 4000 Watts?
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