Force
What is a force?
A push or pull in a certain direction
An object is moving. What will cause a change in its motion?
It has to be acted upon by another object or force.
What is energy
The ability to makes things move or change
The Loma Prieta Earthquake happened in this metro area
San Francisco
This is the capital of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
A freight train and a VW bug collide with each other. Which experiences the greater force?
They both experience the same force
You need this to desribe the motion of an object.
A reference point
Can energy be created?
NOOOOOO! The amount of energy that is in the universe will not change, it only moves from place to place and form to form
Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida in this year
1992
His first song ever released was "That's All Right" in 1954. Thank you, thank you very much.
Elvis!
The sum of ALL forces acting on an object
Net force
The less massive one
Electrical energy is made in this.
A generator!
his was the first earthquake Mr. T remembers. It happened in 1987 in a town not to far from here.
Whittier-Narrows Earthquake
Exactly this many elements have been named after people
19
Mr. T runs into a preschooler who is 1/250 his size. Who experiences a greater force?
They both experience the same force! Their changes in velocity will be different
This is when an object experiences a change in velocity
Acceleration
This type of nuclear energy is created by splitting atoms.
Fission!
Last year's 5th graders learned about this mostly human caused disaster that happened in the mid western US during the 1930's.
The dust bowl
This supercar company made tractors for farms first. When the owner had trouble buying a Ferrari, he started making his own super cars.
Lamborghini
What unit do we use to measure force?
Newton!
Describe 3 ways in which you are moving right now.
Answers will vary
This type of nuclear energy production could generate unlimited clean energy. Just like the sun.
Fusion!
Floods in 1931 killed more than 4,000,000 in this country.
China
Daytime evaporation of seawater and its eventual condensation over the Los Angeles basin creates this springtime seasonal over cast condition.
June Gloom / May Gray