Vocabulary
Units and Formulas
Mystery
100

The ability to cause acceleration

What is a force?

100

These is the metric base unit form for the Newton

What is (kg*m/s2)
100

When asked to determine the tension in a string for an atwoods problem, you first need to solve for this

What is the acceleration of the system?

200

A place or object used as the 0 mark when measuring something's displacement

What is a reference point

200

A vampire and his daughter push off of each other while ice skating. The force that each experiences is:

What is the same?

200

For an atwoods machine with a skull hanging off a frictionless table, while a coffin is on the table. The net force of the system is equal to this. 

what is the force of gravity on the hanging skull?

300

The ____ of an object is a measure of how much matter it contains.

What is mass?

300

A vampire and his small daughter push off of each other while ice skating. This is the person who experiences higher acceleration

Who is the daughter?

300

A werewolf is standing on the edge of a large spinning disc. The werewolf walks across the disc to the other side, left to right. This describes the motion of the center of mass of the werewolf+disc system. 

What is it doesn't move?

400

A word used to describe an objects velocity when net force is = 0 N

What is Constant?

400

While floating in the space ship, Alien A bumps into Alien B. Alien B accelerates away with an acceleration of 3 m/s2 

A has a mass of 70 kg. B has a mass of 90 kg. This is the amount of force B experienced

What is 270 Newtons?

400

A vertical atwoods machine consists of a bat with a mass of 20 kg on one side and a pumpkin with a mass of 30 kg on the other. This will be the acceleration of the system

g=10 m/s2

2 m/s2

500

The force that responds to the amount of force pressed into a surface

What is normal force?

500

A coffin rests on an inclined plane. As the angle of the incline increases, this is what happens to the coefficient of static friction

What is it remains constant?

500

This is who Mr. Kohls' fiancee dressed up as for halloween last year

Hint: She is a History Teacher in Chicago

Hint 2: Mr. Kohls had a lantern taped to his ankle.

Who is Mrs. O'Leary?

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