Motion Metrics
In physics, this term refers to the total path taken by an object during its trip.
What is distance?
This must be greater than zero for an object to undergo acceleration.
What is net force?
The fundamental force defined as the attraction between two massive bodies.
What is gravity?
The organelle where cellular respiration primarily takes place.
What is the mitochondria?
The sphere where carbon is stored in the form of rocks and fossil fuels.
What is the geosphere?
The acceleration of an object, like a car, when it maintains a perfectly steady speed on a straight track.
What is zero?
This term describes forces when their net sum is exactly zero and motion does not change.
What are balance forces?
The force that governs magnetism and everyday physical interactions.
What is electromagnetic force?
The specific chemical energy molecule produced at the end of the respiration equation.
What is ATP?
The biological process that releases energy and returns carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
What is cellular respiration?
The specific formula used to calculate acceleration based on initial and final velocity over time.
What is (vf-vi)/t?
The specific form of friction that is generally the most difficult to overcome when starting an object's motion.
What is static friction?
This fundamental force is responsible for holding the nucleus of an atom together.
What is strong nuclear force?
The two reactants required for cellular respiration to occur.
What are glucose and oxygen?
The process that acts as the primary bridge moving carbon from the atmosphere into the biosphere.
The calculated acceleration (in m/s^2) of a flowerpot that reaches 14.7 m/s after falling for 1.5 seconds.
What is 9.8 meters per second squared?
When a net force acts on an object, the object will always accelerate in this specific relation to the force.
What is the same direction?
Radioactive atomic decay is primarily governed by this specific force.
What is weak nuclear force?
During photosynthesis, energy is stored in this specific sugar by removing CO2 from the air.
What is glucose?
The sphere consisting of Earth's water and oceans where carbon is stored.
What is the hydrosphere?
Unlike distance, this measurement requires a directional tag because it tracks the straight line change in position.
What is displacement?
Two types of friction, other than static, mentioned as ways physical objects interact.
What are rolling and sliding (or kinetic) friction?
This fundamental force is the hidden driver behind the friction you feel between two surfaces.
What is electromagnetic force?
The term used to describe how photosynthesis and respiration maintain the ecological levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What is the "Energy Tug-of-War?"
Deforestation impacts the cycle because fewer trees mean this specific gas is no longer being absorbed from the air.
What is carbon dioxide?