Unit 3 Vocab
Speed and Velocity
Force and Motion
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Random Unit 3
100

a push or pull on an object

What is a force?

100

This is what speed and velocity have in common

What is they both have speed?

100

These are the two ways you can use forces that can be used on Earth, either moving toward you or away from you.

What is a push or pull?

100

This is what stored energy is another name for

What is potential energy?

100

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When a person is sleeping in a bed, it is a(n) __________ force

A. balanced

B. unbalanced

What is A.?

200

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SI unit of force

What is Newton (N)?

200

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This is the only thing that is different between speed and velocity

What is velocity has direction?

200

This law by Isaac Newton states that "an object at rest will stay at rest and an object at motion will say at motion"

What is Newton's 1st Law?

200

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

A. Potential

B. Kinetic

C. Both potential and kinetic energy

D. none of the above

What is A. Potential?

200

(Unit 3 Vocab term) unequal forces on an object that may result in a change in position, direction, or motion

What is an unbalanced force?

300

The rate at which velocity changes

What is acceleration?

300

This is the formula used to find speed

What is distance divided by time?

300

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This is the formula to find force (Hint: Newton's second law of motion)

What is Force=mass times acceleration?

300

This is the force that happens when two objects come into contact with each other, slowing down an object

What is friction?

300
An object has a max friction force of 37 N. How many Newtons of Net Force will it have when an applied force of 50 N is applied to it?


A. 37 N

B. 50 N

C. 13 N

D. 0 N

What is C. 13 N?

400

how far an object has moved from its original position; the difference between the final and initial positions

What is displacement?

400

Tell me the velocity of a mouse that has traveled 16 meters southeast in 4 minutes (must have the correct units at the end of your answer)

What is 4 m/min southeast?

400

This law by Isaac Newton states that every action will have an equal and opposite reaction

What is Newton's 3rd Law?

400

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When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

What is 3?

400

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This is the net displacement of an object traveling east 30 meters, then traveling west 15 meters, then traveling east 45 meters, then traveling west 60 meters 

A. 30 meters

B. 60 meters

C. 0 meters

D. 150 meters

What is 0?

500

tool used to measure force

What is a spring scale?

500

Tell me the speed of a car that has driven 723 kilometers north in 3 hrs (your answer must have the correct unit at the end)

What is 241 kilometers/hr?

500

This is how much the force will be needed to move an object if the mass is 9 grams and the acceleration is 12 m/s (must have the correct unit for force with the answer)

What is 108 Newtons?

500

What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

A. A car driving down a hill.

B. A person running down a hill. 

C. A ball rolling down a hill. 

D. leaves rolling down a hill 

What is A?

500

A toy car travels of 0.8 m in 2 seconds. If traveling at the same rate, how fast will the toy car accelerate in 3 seconds?

A. 2.4 m/sec

B. 1.2 m/sec

C. 0.8 m/sec

D. 3.6 m/sec

What is B. 1.2 m/sec?