Force
A force that is always acting on us.
What is gravity?
A wheel rolls 5 centimeters in 5 seconds.
What is 1 centimeter per second?
Suzie has an idea about how her experiment will turn out. She has a ___.
What is a hypothesis?
In lab 1 you rolled a car down a ramp. What position led to the car moving further?
What is the higher position?
When a force and motion are in the same direction.
What is positive work?
A 3 gram block is pulled across the ground accelerating at 10 m/s2.
What is 30 N?
When a car stops, the passengers keep moving forward until their seatbelts stop them. This is an example of ___.
What is inertia?
Suzie has come up with a process for how to accomplish her experiment. She has come up with a ___.
What is a procedure?
In lab 6 you built a compass. What were you able to say about the earth because of the compass you made?
What is "the earth is magnetic"?
An invisible force that can push or pull only certain materials.
What is magnetism?
A force that fights against motion.
What is friction?
What is 6 meters per minute?
Suzie has noticed something happening in her experiment and written it down. Suzie has written down an ___.
What is an observation?
In lab 5, what did you learn about aluminum?
What is "aluminum is not magnetic"?
Energy caused by position.
What is potential energy?
A 5 gram block is pushed with a force of 60 N. How fast is it accelerating?
What is 12 m/s2?
If the graph of my motion starts at the bottom left hand corner, and goes to the top right hand corner, what direction am I moving?
What is away?
Suzie is analyzing the results of her experiment mathematically. She is analyzing ___.
What is data?
In lab 4, what could be said about wax paper in comparison to sandpaper?
The rate at which an object speeds up.
What is acceleration?
A force that requires a spring or rubber band.
What is elastic force?
A ball is thrown at 50 meters per second. How long does it take for the ball to travel 450 meters?
What is 9 seconds?
After completing her experiment, Suzie has been led to a final result. This result is also known as her ___.
What is a conclusion?
In lab 7, how did you identify error?
What is looking at your data?
The variable that you change.
What is the independent variable?