2.1 MOTION
2.2 INERTIA
2.3 SPEED and VELOCITY
2.4 MOTION is RELATIVE
2.5 NEWTONS FIRST LAW
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NATURAL MOTION ON EARTH or HEAVENLY MOTION
What kinds of motion requires no force?
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Heavy objects fall faster than light ones or Force is necessary to maintain motion
What is one idea of Arstotle that Galileo discredited?
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Speed is magnitude(how much) and Velocity is how much and which way
What is the difference between Speed and Velocity?
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You are at rest relative to the Earth but moving relative to the Sun
How can you be both at rest and also moving at the same time?
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Galileo
Who was the the first to discover the concept of Inertia?
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Experimentation
In what way did Aristotle help lay the foundation for modern science?
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INERTIA
What is the name of the property by which objects maintain their state of motion?
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Velocity involves both magnitude(speed) and direction. Speed involves only magnitude.
Why is velocity a vector quantity and speed not?
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Galileo
Who relied on experiments, Aristotle or Galileo?
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A straight line
What is the tendency (direction) of a moving object when no forces are acting on it?
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INERTIA
How does a large, heavy dolphin leap so high out of the water?
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Experiments
How did Galileo test his ideas?
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distance _______ time
What is the formula for Speed?
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Worm crawling
What is faster a worm crawling or a typical lava flow?
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The Law of Inertia
What is Newton's first law of motion usually called?
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Natural and Unnatural Motion
What two classes did Aristotle divide all motion?
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FRICTION
What is the force that opposes motion called?
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Acceleration
What is the name for motion that is not constant?
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Using a prism he showed that white light is made up of a rainbow of colors.
What is the work that first made Newton famous?
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GRAVITY
What did Newton discover on his mothers farm when he noticed the apple fall?
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The Elevator
What means of mechanical motion has done more to change the way cities are built than any other?
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FRICTION
What makes a ball slow down and stop?
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25 m/s
What is the average speed for someone sprinting 100 meters in 4 seconds?
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Speed of Light
What is faster the International Space Station or the Speed of Light?
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Law
Is Inertia a hypothesis, theory or law?