Newton's Laws
Energy
Heat and Thermal Energy
Electricity and Magnetism
Ohm's Law
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100

When a person sits down on a chair, and instead of collapsing, the chair provides an upward force on the person. This is an example of which of Newton's Laws?

What is Newton's 3rd Law.

100

What type of energy is stored energy due to position?

What is Potential Energy

100

Heat always moves from ______ objects to ______ objects.

What is Hot to Cold.

100

What subatomic particles move to create an electric current?

What is an electron

100

In a simple circuit, a battery provides potential for electrons to move through the circuit. What is this potential called?

What is Voltage

100

Being originally from New York, which baseball franchise am I a fan of?

Who are the New York Yankees

200

What force causes moving objects to slow down, even though Newton said an object in motion will stay in motion?

What is friction

200

What type of energy increases as an object speeds up?

What is Kinetic Energy

200

What type of heat transfer happens when you touch a hot pan?

What is Conduction

200

Like charges ______ and opposite charges ______.

What is repel-attract

200

If we are measuring the flow of electrons per second through a wire. What are we measuring?

What is Current

200

What is Idaho's state fish?

What is a cutthroat trout

300

Newton's Second Law states F=MA. What does "A" stand for?

What is acceleration 

300

In the marble ramp lab, what energy transformation happened as the marble rolled down?

What is Potential to Kinetic

300

In the popcorn lab, what type of heat transfer cooks popcorn in the microwave?

What is Radiation

300

In the electroscope lab, why did the foil leaves spread apart?

What is like charges repelling.

300

A thin wire will have a higher _________ than a thicker wire made out of the same material.

What is Resistance

300

When someone asks you who your favorite staff member is, what should you say?

Who is Mrs. Melton......   (If you said Mr. Moody, you are also correct)

400

Why is a heavier egg car harder to stop in the crash test?

What is inertia

400

When you roll a ball down a ramp, some of the potential energy you had at the top of the ramp is lost and not converted to kinetic energy. Where does the energy go?

What is sound/heat/friction.

400

What type of heat transfer makes hot air rise and cool air sink?

What is Convection

400

Wrapping our wire more times around the screw in our junkyard crane lab did what to the strength of our electromagnet?

What is increase

400

What is the formula for Ohm's Law?

What is V=IR

400

What is the name of the University of Idaho's mascot?

Who is Joe Vandal

500

If a magician yanks a tablecloth out from under dishes, which law is shown?

What is Newton's 1st Law

500

What law says that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed in form?

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy

500

During our insulation project we learned that syrofoam is a good ________ while metal is a good _________ of heat.

What is insulator-conductor

500

What is one major advantage of an electromagnet?

What is can be turned off

500

If I have a resistance of 5 and a Voltage of 10, what is the current?

What is 2 amps

500

This NBA player is argued by some to be the greatest of all time (not me) has worn #23 and #6 over his 22 year career.

Who is Lebron James

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