Forces, Motion & Collisions
The backward force that resists motion through air or water.
What is drag?
Survival guideline describing limits for shelter, water, and food.
What is the Rule of 3s?
Energy source that powers hurricanes.
What is warm ocean water?
Technology that maps underwater objects using sound waves.
What is sonar?
Fossil type formed when minerals fill spaces in buried bones.
What is permineralization?
The energy an object has because it is moving.
What is kinetic energy?
Process that removes large particles from dirty water.
What is filtration?
Renewable energy system driven by flowing water.
What is hydropower?
Upward force exerted by water on an object.
What is buoyancy?
Fossil formed when an organism leaves an impression in rock.
What is a mold?
The law stating force equals mass times acceleration.
What is Newton’s Second Law?
Fire requires heat, fuel, and this third component.
What is oxygen?
Renewable energy source that burns organic material.
What is biomass?
Force pulling a submersible downward.
What is gravity?
Fossil created when a mold fills with minerals.
What is a cast?
Safety feature that increases collision time to reduce force.
What is a seat belt?
Star used as a fixed reference for finding direction.
What is Polaris?
Energy form that spins turbines before electricity is generated.
What is kinetic energy?
Tanks used to control depth in a submersible.
What are ballast tanks?
Fossil type that can preserve insects or plant material.
What is amber?
Car structures designed to absorb energy during a crash.
What are crumple zones?
Draw the method used to locate Polaris.
(Big Dipper pointer stars to Little Dipper’s tail)
Coastal landform that absorbs storm energy.
What are dunes?
Property adjusted to rise or sink underwater.
What is density?
Fossils provide evidence about an organism’s structure and this.
What is environment?