The Fast & the Curious
Newton's Notions
May the Force Be With You
Energy: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
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100
The units that make up a Newton (N).
What is kg x m/s2?
100
Newton's 1st Law of Motion says....
(Bonus : Sum this up in one word)
An object at rest stays at rest stays at rest; an object in motion stays in motion until acted on by an external force.
Bonus : What is INERTIA?
100
___________ Energy is "stored energy"
What is Potential Energy?
100
The equation for work.
Work = Force x Distance
100
A scientist is today what a ___________ was during Greek times.
What is a Philosopher?
100
A disturbance that transfers energy.
What is a wave?
100
The unit used to measure current.
What is an ampere (amp)?
200
The total distance traveled divided by total time.
What is average speed?
200
TRUE or FALSE
Newton's 3rd law of motion says that the greater the mass of an object, the greater the force needed to accelerate the object.
What is FALSE?
It is Newton's 2nd law of motion.
200
The TWO forces that act on a ball thrown in the air.
What is air resistance (Friction) and Gravity?
200
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
200
TRUE or FALSE
Benjamin Franklin was the 7th President of the United States.
What is FALSE?
He was never president.
TREAT BONUS -> Who WAS the 7th president of the United States?
200
Give the names for the highest point of a wave, the lowest point of a wave, and the height of a wave.
What is a crest (Highest), the trough (Lowest) and the amplitude (Height)?
200
The flow of electric charge.
What is current?
300
If a car speeds up, slows down, or changes direction, it is doing this.
What is accelerating?
300
If you blow up a balloon, and then release it, the balloon will fly away. This illustrated Newton's _____ Law of Motion.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
300
___________ Energy is known as "Moving Energy" or "energy in motion"
What is Kinetic Energy?
300
Energy that comes from heat.
What is thermal energy?
300
This type of Nuclear Reaction fuels our sun?
(Hint : this is a one word answer)
What is Fusion?
(Comes from a Latin word meaning "melt". In this case it is the merging of atoms to create energy.)
300
The distance between two crests.
What is wavelength?
300
This pushes electric charges through a circuit.
What is voltage?
400
A 20kg box accelerates at 5 m/s2. How much force does it take to accelerate a box with this mass?
What is 100 N?
F = ma
F = (20kg) x (5 m/s2)
F = 100 kg / m/s2
F = 100 N
400
When a hammer's force is returned by the nail, causing the hammer to bounce, this shows Newton's ____ Law of Motion.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
This is the Action - Reaction Law.
400
The units that make up a Newton (N).
What is kg x m/s2?
400
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
400
This is the scale used to measure how hot a pepper is.
What is the Scoville Scale (SHU)?
(TREAT BONUS -> What is the Hottest Pepper rated on this scale?)
400
How often a wave occurs.
What is frequency?
400
Materials that allow electricity to flow easily.
What are conductors?
500
Velocity changes even if speed stays the same when this changes.
What is direction?
500
An objects tendency to stay in motion or at rest.
(Hint : it's ONE word)
What is Inertia?
500
TREAT JEOPARDY ! !
The phrase "May the Force Be With You" is used a total of this many times throughout all nine live action Star Wars films.
**if you get within a range of 5 (meaning up to five more or five less), you get the treat!
What is 24 times?
500
Energy stored due to position or height.
What is gravitational potential energy?
500
What does LASER stand for?
What is Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation?
500
Waves that require a medium to travel through.
What are mechanical waves?
500
A path through which electricity flows.
What is a circuit?
600
The term for something in physics that has magnitude and direction.
What is VECTOR Quantity?
600
According to Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, the amount of force needed to move an object depends on how fast you want it to move, as well as the objects _______.
What is Mass?
600
This is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces.
What is Friction?
600
Energy of moving electrons.
What is electrical energy?
600
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = _________________
(You have 30 seconds!)
12,345,678,987,654,321
600
A wave where particles move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
600
A circuit where electricity has only one path.
What is a series circuit?
700
What is the MASS of an object that is traveling at an ACCELERATION of 20 m/s2 and a FORCE of 10,000 N
What is 500 kg?
( M = f / a
M = 10,000 N / 20 m/s2
M = 500 kg )
700
State all three of Newton's Laws of Motion in simplest terms.
1st Law: the Law of Inertia
2nd Law: the Law of Acceleration (F=ma)
3rd Law: Action - Reaction
700
TREAT JEOPARDY
This is the unit of measurement for work and energy in physics.
What is the Joule?
"In mechanical systems, it's the a force of one Newton, moving an object a distance of one meter. In electronics, it's the same amount of energy, in electrical units."
700
When a moving object slows down due to friction, its kinetic energy is often converted into this.
What is thermal (heat) energy?
700
The four kings on a deck of regular playing cards are named after four famous figures in History. I'll give you three, you name the fourth one.
Spades - King David
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Clubs - ??
Hearts - Charlemagne
700
Waves that do NOT need a medium.
What are electromagnetic waves?
700
The rule that relates voltage, current, and resistance.
What is Ohm’s Law?