AN OBJECT COMES TO A STOP BECAUSE OF AN OPPOSITE FORCE CALLED THIS.
What is FRICTION.
100
IN OUR IN-CLASS EXPERIMENT, THIS SIMPLE MACHINE WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM A FULCRUM, MASS, FORCE, AND A RULER. THE RULER CAN ALSO BE CALLED THIS.
What is LEVER.
100
THE ACT OF MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IS CALLED THIS.
What is MOTION.
100
IN THIS EXPERIMENT, A WEIGHT WAS TIED TO A STRING ATTACHED TO YOUR PENCIL AND TAPED TO YOUR DESK. THE WEIGHT HUNG SO THAT IT SWINGS BACK AND FORTH AND IS CALLED THIS.
What is A PENDULUM.
100
THE STANDARD UNIT OF FORCE IS CALLED THIS.
What is A NEWTON.
200
ENERGY OF POSITION IS CALLED THIS.
What is POTENTIAL ENERGY.
200
THIS SIMPLE MACHINE WAS USED IN ANCIENT TIMES TO THROW LARGE ROCKS OVER THE WALLS OF A CASTLE.
What is A CATAPULT.
200
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) VIDEO, THIS WAS USED TO SHOW FORCE ON THE CHOCOLATE CANDY AND THE HAMMER.
What is A BUNGEE STRAP.
200
WHEN CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS, SCIENTISTS GATHER AS MUCH OF THIS AS THEY CAN TO MAKE A SOLID DECISION.
What is DATA.
200
THIS IS THE RATE OF MOTION OR VELOCITY.
What is SPEED.
300
ENERGY OF MOTION IS CALLED THIS.
What is KINETIC ENERGY.
300
THIS SIMPLE MACHINE IS A SMALL WHEEL IN WHICH A ROPE MOVES AND MAY BE USED TO LIFT AN OBJECT TIED TO THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE IS CALLED THIS.
What is A PULLEY.
300
ONE COMPLETE SWING ON A PENDULUM, AWAY AND BACK TO THE STARTING POSITION, IS CALLED THIS.
What is A CYCLE.
300
IN THIS EXPERIMENT, WE HAD A PLASTIC CUP, AN INDEX CARD, AND A PENNY TO SHOW WHEN THE INDEX CARD IS FLICKED AWAY, THE PENNY DROPS INTO THE CUP. THE FORCE USED ON THE PENNY, IN THIS EXPERIMENT, IS CALLED THIS.
What is GRAVITY.
300
THIS MEANS TO INCREASE SPEED.
What is ACCELERATION.
400
ENERGY TRANSFERS FROM ONE OBJECT WITH MORE ENERGY TO AN OBJECT WITH LESS ENERGY IS CALLED THIS.
What is COLLIDE/COLLISION.
400
THE AMOUNT OF MASS LIFTED, CARRIED, OR MOVED IN ANY WAY IS CALLED THIS.
What is THE LOAD.
400
THE RATE OF MOTION OR SPEED IS CALLED THIS.
What is VELOCITY.
400
IN THIS EXPERIMENT, WE USED A CUP, A RULER, AND PENNIES TO SHOW BALANCE. THE PUSHES AND PULLS TO KEEP THE RULER BALANCED ARE CALLED THIS.
What are FORCES.
400
THIS OBJECT WAS USED TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF FORCE MASS HAS WHEN IT STRIKES ANOTHER OBJECT. (HINT: IT WAS GREEN AND HAD A COIL IN IT.)
What is A SPRING SCALE.
500
AN OBJECT IN MOTION SEEMS TO HAVE THE WILL TO KEEP MOVING IS CALLED THIS.
What is MOMENTUM.
500
A DIVING BOARD AND A SEESAW ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE OF SPRING.
What is A LEAF SPRING.
500
AN OBJECT NOT MOVING, OR IS INCAPABLE OF MOVING, IS SAID TO HAVE THIS QUALITY.
What is STATIONARY.
500
WHEN ALL VARIABLES ARE HELD THE SAME, THIS IS CALLED THIS TYPE OF EXPERIMENT.
What is CONTROLLED.
500
THIS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE MASS ATTACHED TO A PENDULUM.