Name that Term!
The Need for Speed
Fill in the Blank
True or False
Define This!
100
The amount of energy available to do work because of the way a system is arranged up
Potential Energy
100
Joshua traveled 27 miles in 9 hours. What was his speed?
3 miles per hour
100
A swing going back and forth has ________________ energy.
Kinetic
100
Kilometers are the units of force scientists use
False; For 200 points- what is the unit of measurement scientists use to measure force?
100
Force
Any push or pull
200
Using force in order to move an object a certain distance
Work
200
Luke threw a baseball 90 feet in 2 seconds. how fast was the ball traveling?
45 feet per second. (Ft/sec/)
200
___________________ keeps us from floating away into space.
Gravity
200
Potential energy is the energy of motion
False; Kinetic
200
Speed
The rate of which an object’s position changes
300
Change in position in one object compared to the position of some fixed object
Relative Motion
300
Sommer traveled 50 miles in 43 minutes. how fast was she going?
1.7 miles per minute
300
stretched rubber band has _________________ energy.
Potential
300
Balanced forces cancel each other
True
300
Friction
Force that acts when two surfaces rub together
400
Objects that don’t move define this
Frame of Reference
400
Abby G ran 5 miles in 2 hours. how fast was she running?
2.1 miles per hour.
400
How and object seems to move depends on its __________________________________.
Frame of Reference
400
Friction can change the speed of moving objects
True
400
Velocity
Speed and the direction an object is moving
500
A force of attraction between two or more objects over a distance. The more mass and object has, the stronger the attraction
Gravity
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! WHICH FASTER? A car traveling 30miles in 4 minutes, or a car traveling 60 miles in 8 minutes?
They are traveling at the same speed (7.5 miles per minute)
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! the Three ways an object can move are ____________, _____________, and _____________.
Straight line, Curved path, and Back and Forth.
500
Less force is needed to change the motion of an object with with greater mass
False; More
500
Kinetic energy
The energy of motion