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Vocabulary
Forces
Newton's Laws
Force & Motion
Random Science
100
Change in motion
What is acceleration
100
Which force pulls you down a playground slide?
What is gravity
100
An example of this force can be observed during a kickball game when the ball is pitched, but the force between the ball and the ground makes the ball stop before reaching the kicker
What is friction
100
microscopic bumps that slow objects down
What is Friction
100
How many stomachs does a cow have? A: 1 B: 4 C:2 D: zero
four
200
How is no change in position (or standing still) represented on a time/position graph?
What is a straight line
200
the force that works against movement
What is friction?
200
An example of this law can be observed when a tennis ball hits a net and falls to the court.
What is Newton's First Law
200
This is the formula for calculating speed
What is distance divided by time?
200
High tide and Low tide are cause by what?
The moon's gravitational pull
300
Newton's First Law is also known as the Law of _______?
What is inertia
300
The type of force which results in movement?
What is an unbalanced force?
300
An example of this law is the downward force of a rocket's boosters blasting the rocket up off the launch pad.
What is Newton's Third Law
300
this is the unit for measuring force
What is Newtons
300
Who came up with the Laws of Motion? (full name
Sir Issac Newton
400
distance divided by time =
What is speed
400
Ms. Wallbrown's class and Mrs. Edmisten's class are playing tug-of-war. After several minutes, the students notice that the rope has not moved at all. What is one possible cause of this?
What is the two classes have created a balanced force on the rope.
400
An example of this Newton's law can be observed when one race car accelerates off the starting line faster than another race car.
What is Newton's Second Law
400
The measure of how difficult it is to stop an object is called this
What is momentum?
400
This is the measure of gravitational pull on an object.
Weight
500
When a roller coaster is traveling up the first hill, it is storing what?
What is potential energy
500
What two forces are acting together to keep a cup balanced on a table?
What is gravity and the force of the table holding the cup up
500
Newton's Second Law states that an object's acceleration depends on which two factors?
What is mass and force applied
500
When you add or subtract newtons of force to find out where or if the object being pushed or pulled will move.
What is net force?
500
Name the 3 types of accelaration
Positive (speeding up), negative (slowing down), change of direction.