Mechanics
Energy
Simple Machines
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Potpourri
100

The study of motion

What is mechanics?

100
energy produced by the sun

What is Solar Energy?

100

a simple machine consisting of a flat surface whose opposite ends are at different heights. 

What is an inclined plane?

100

While on vacation, you travel by car from your home to Florida. You travel 1232 km in 14 hours. What is your average speed. 

88km/h

100

Any quantity that consists only of magnitude.

What is scalar?

200

The study of how things move

What is kinematics?

200

energy from the wind

What is wind energy?

200

consists of two planes connected with an acute angle at one end and thinner at the other. 

What is a wedge?

200

What is the displacement of the man if he walks 9m west, 16m south, and 14m east?

16.76m SE

200

The curved path that a projectile follows. 

What is trajectory?

300

Movement along a circular path

What is circular motion?

300

a fuel that has formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived in the past

What is a fossil fuel?

300

a simple machine that consists of a rigid bar that turns about a pivot point. 

What is a lever?

300

Ships travling through a canal must use a ship lift because there is significant elevation difference between the sections of the canal. How much work does the lift do of it applies a force of 13,230,000 N to lift a ship the elevation difference of 73.15m from one section of the canal to the next?

13,230,000x73.15= 967,800,000 Nxm (newton meters)

300

the measure of the change in input when needed to do a certain amount of work 

What is mechanical advantage?

400

Motion thats path is determined by the influence of an external force only. 

What is projectile motion?

400

the sum of the kinetic energy and all the forms of potential energy in a system

what is mechanical energy?

400

a simple machine that consists of a wheel with teeth that surround its perimeter. 

What is a gear?

400

The Mars rover Curiosity, which landed on the Red Planet in 2012, has a mass of 899kg. What is Curiosity's weight on Earth? What is its Weight on Mars if the acceleration due to gravity on mars is 3.71 m/s2?

Earth= 8820N

Mars= 3340N

400

The point at which a lever turns, or pivots, is called the _________

What is a fulcrum?

500

Sketch a free body diragram that expresses a stationary object 


500

chemical potential energy obtained from renewable organic materials

What is biomass energy?

500

a combination of multiple pulleys 

What is a block and tackle?

500

A baseball bat with a mass of 1kg is swung at 33.5 m/s and hits a baseball that has a mass of 0.150kg. If all the bats kinetic energy is transferred to the ball, how fast will the batted ball travel?

Vball= 86.5 m/s

500

a wave that is moving even though the locations of the crest and trough appear to be stationary. 

What is a Standing Wave