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
What sport competes for America's Cup?
Sailing / Yachting
Mouse-like boy in an E.B. White story traveling through a constellation that looks like a fry basket
Stuart Little Dipper
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
In 1893 New Zealand was the first country to allow women to do this.
Vote!
A landmark New Orleans (and Disneyland) area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's
French Quarter Pounder
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
DAILY DOUBLE!
An excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
24 hours of rest in Genesis where working parents leave toddlers
7th Day Care Center
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!
This 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
The highest possible score in this game of Jeopardy.
14,200
Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance
Department of Homeland Security Blanket
What unit do we use to measure force?
Newton!
DAILY DOUBLE!
Describe 3 ways in which you are moving right now.
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
This is the oldest state capital in the United States.
Santa Fe, NM
The cruise line whose ships include the Rotterdam manages to sing a song about purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain
Holland America the Beautiful