Magnets
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Newton's 3rd Law
Definitions
100
The word for when magnets pull toward one another.
What is attract?
100
What type of force is demonstrated in this image?
What is balanced force?
100
The tools used to show that for every force there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What are bumper cars?
100
This is another name for a push and a pull
What is force?
200
The word for when magnets push away from one another.
What is repel?
200
This type of force is demonstrated by the image above.
What is unbalanced force?
200
If two spring scales are attached and pulled apart, and one shows 35 Newtons, this is what you would expect the other spring scale to show.
What is 35 Newtons?
200
This occurs when forces are unbalanced?
What is motion, or movement?
300
When magnets are oriented in these two directions, they are attracted to each other.
What are North and South?
300
This is the name of the standard unit for measuring force.
What is a Newton?
300
These pairs of students demonstrate Newton's 3rd Law.
Who are Tish and Sam, and Joe and Len?
300
This force keeps the moon in orbit around the earth.
What is gravity?
400
When magnets are oriented in these two directions, they repel from one another.
What are South and South, or North and North?
400
This force pulls objects toward the earth.
What is gravity?
400
According to Newton's 3rd Law, for every force, there is this.
What is equal and opposite force?
400
An example of this force is a person kicking a soccer ball up in the air.
What is applied force?
500
This rocky planet has a strong magnetic field.
What is earth?
500
This force slows down a toy car moving over a carpet more quickly than a toy car moving over a tiled floor.
What is friction?
500
This popular brand of cookie is guaranteed to get stuck in your braces.
What is a Fig Newton?
500
This force opposes gravity, and allows objects on a table to be at rest.
What is normal force?