Newton’s Laws of Fast Food
A McDonald’s Big Mac sitting on a tray stays there until an "unbalanced" one of these acts upon it.
What is a Force?
Before you eat it, the stored calories in a Burger King Whopper are this specific form of energy.
What is Chemical Energy?
This "rubbing" force between your Five Guys bag and the table stops it from sliding onto the floor.
What is Friction?
This is the standard metric unit used to measure the energy found in a Cane’s Box Combo.
What is a Joule?
If the net force on a Panda Express plate is not zero, the forces are considered to be this.
What is Unbalanced?
This property explains why you keep sliding forward in your seat when you slam the brakes on the way to Chick-fil-A.
What is Inertia?
A Domino’s delivery car speeding down the road is a prime example of this "energy of motion."
What is Kinetic Energy?
This universal force is what makes your Arby’s curly fries fall toward the Earth if you drop them.
What is Gravity?
This unit of force is named after the scientist who developed the three laws of motion.
What is a Newton?
This is the specific type of potential energy stored in a squeezed Heinz Ketchup packet.
What is Elastic Potential Energy?
To find the force needed to slide a heavy Taco Bell Party Pack, you multiply its mass by this F = ma
What is Acceleration?
A Sonic milkshake sitting on a high counter has this type of energy due to its position.
What is Potential Energy?
If a White Castle slider is dropped, it will speed up at 9.8 m/s² because of this specific rate of change.
What is Acceleration?
This term describes the amount of matter in a Panera bread bowl, measured in kilograms
What is Mass?
When a Pizza Hut oven turns electricity into heat to cook dough, it is performing an energy ______.
What is Transformation?
Per the 3rd Law, when you bite into a KFC drumstick, the chicken pushes back on your teeth with this kind of force.
What is a Reaction?
This Law says the energy from your Popeyes sandwich can’t be destroyed, only transformed into heat or movement.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
This type of "drag" force acts against a Pizza Hut box if you throw it through the air like a frisbee.
What is Air Resistance?
This is the rate at which you eat a Chipotle bowl, or the rate at which work is done, measured in Watts.
What is Power?
This is the specific form of energy produced by the buzzing speakers in a Starbucks drive-thru.
What is Sound Energy?
If a Wendy's Frosty isn't moving, the forces pushing up and pulling down on it are in this specific state.
What is Balanced?
When your body turns a Subway sandwich into heat, the energy hasn't disappeared; it's simply changed into this form.
What is Thermal Energy?
On the moon, your Whataburger would have the same mass, but this measurement would be much lower.
What is Weight?
This is the sum of the potential and kinetic energy of a Jack in the Box taco flying through the air.
What is Mechanical Energy?
This form of energy is what travels through the wires to power the lights at an In-N-Out Burger.
What is Electrical Energy?