Motion & Forces
This metric unit of distance is about three feet long
What is a meter?
A type of nutrient that gives you quick energy, but the energy will fade fast
What is a simple carbohydrate?
The formula for density
What is density = mass/volume?
Energy in motion
What is kinetic energy?
When Dr. Fasano was young, he and his friends built this structure in the mountains
The formula for a velociraptor
What is distance(raptor) divided by time(raptor)?
The flap that covers your trachea when you swallow food to prevent choking
What is the epiglottis?
When you take off in an airplane, the outside air pressure gets _____________
What is lower?
When an object experiences friction, some of its mechanical kinetic energy transforms into this other type of kinetic energy
What is thermal energy?
Dr. Fasano once had to run across the airport to make his flight on time, and had to take advantage of the moving sidewalks. Unfortunately, he doesn't remember what happened to this type of food that he was eating at the airport
What is a chicken sandwich?
A change in speed over time is referred to as
What is acceleration?
The percent daily value (%DV) for this nutrient is based on a recommended maximum amount of 2,400 milligrams.
What is sodium?
Astronauts have specialized layers in their spacesuits to protect them from this type of energy from the sun
What is radiation/UV rays/electromagnetic rays?
The amount of time it takes for electromagnetic energy to travel between the sun and Earth
What is 8 minutes?
DAILY DOUBLE
Dr. Fasano's friend once mistakenly jumped out of a moving car. The car went forward, but the person fell backwards, demonstrating this motion-related concept
What is relative speed?
Another term for Newton's first law of motion
What is inertia?
Proteins are made of these small building blocks
What are amino acids?
Astronauts in space have to pass through this chamber before entering their space station, which slowly regulates air pressure so that there is no explosion
What is an airlock?
This rule states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Name two objects that Dr. Fasano frequently forgets in our classroom
What are glasses, phone, and/or cup of tea?
A term for when the net force on an object is zero
What is a balanced force/what are balanced forces?
The enzyme in your stomach that helps breaks down proteins
What is pepsin?
The reason why cruise ships don't sink
What is their volume exceeds their mass OR that their density is less than the density of water?
The two atoms that make up over 99% of the sun's mass
What are hydrogen and helium?
Dr. Fasano once did not give baby Kathryn a bottle until the airplane they were on took off. This was to prevent pressure building up in the ____________, a passageway between the ear and the throat
What is the eustachian tube?