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General Science Trivia
100

Which has more friction, rubber, ice, or plexiglass?

rubber

100

Will a more mass object or less massive object take more force to stop?

More massive object

100

when 2 objects hit each other

collision

100

You push a chair across the floor. It gradually slows down and stops. Why did the chair stop moving?

friction from the floor

100

What is a controlled variable? 

ALL things that stay the same throughout the experiment.

200

What is required to change the velocity of an object?

force

200

What are the 5 ways an object can move?

Start, Stop, Speed Up, Slow Down, or Change Direction

200

A push or pull that can cause motion

force

200

A tennis ball hits the ground at 50mph, then again at 20 mph. When did the ground experience more force during the collision?

When the ball hit the ground at 50 mph.

200

Would you weigh more or less on Mars?

Less

300

To stop an object, the force must come from:

the opposite direction of the object's motion

300

It takes more force to slow down your bicycle by 5 mph than to speed it up 5 mph. True or False


False

300

The force that slows down motion between touching objects.

friction

300

A pod hits a space station. The space station is much more massive than the pod. The pod experiences a much stronger force than the station. True/False

False

300

What is the largest bone in the human body?

The femur
400

To speed up an object, the direction of force should be:

in the same direction of the object's motion

400

Speed with direction

Velocity

400

The amount of matter in an object is called its...

mass

400

A pod hits a space station. The space station is much more massive than the pod. The pod experiences a much greater change in velocity. True/False

True

400

What are the states of matter?

Solid, Liquid, and Gas. (and Plasma)

500

To start an object moving, the force must come from:

any direction

500

An object with less mass collides into an object with more mass. Which object will have the great change in velocity?

less mass

500

To apply a force

Exert

500

There is a collision between a bug and a car. The bug experiences a greater change in velocity because...

it has a much smaller mass

500

Which is the largest planet?

Jupiter.