Simple Machines
Name two simple machines
Mitso walked 6 miles in 2 hours, what is his speed?
3 miles/hour
I ran two laps around a 400 meter track, what is my displacement?
0 meters
What two variables affect speed?
distance and time
What is the least populated continent?
Antarctica
What type of simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped around something?
Screw
Leo ran 3 miles in 30 minutes, what is his speed?
6 miles/hour
Kyle walked two miles east from his house, then one mile west. What is his distance and displacement?
distance: 3 miles
displacement: 1 mile east
What force slows a rolling or sliding object?
friction
Mars
What part of the screw is considered an inclined plane?
Thread
Jake rode his bike 5 miles. It took him 15 minutes. What is his speed?
20 miles/hour
Nina drives 2 miles north, then 3 miles east, then 1 mile south. What is her distance?
6 miles
equal and opposite
Who is the main character in the book Wonder?
August
Pulley
A girl ran 400 meters in 60 seconds, what is her speed? (meters/second)
6.67 m/s
Mark drives 30 miles north, then 15 miles south. What is his distance and displacement?
distance: 45 miles
displacement: 15 miles north
The force that makes an object want to continue its motion
inertia
What city was completely covered in ash after the explosion of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii
If you wanted to split two things, what type of simple machine would you use?
Wedge
Matt walked one mile in 20 minutes. He then ran one mile in 10 minutes. What is his average speed?
4 miles/hour
Hailey walks 50 meters north, then 25 meters south, then 16 meters east, then 25 meters south. What is her distance and displacement?
distance: 116 meters
displacement: 16 meters east
displacement is a VECTOR quantity because it includes what two things?
distance and direction
Name 5 classrooms at Gersh
(Golden tigers, space alpacas, wolves, emus, macaws, camelids, porcupines, lemurs)