Forces
Patterns of Motion
Engineering
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
What is a force?
a. an object that sticks to iron or steel
b. information that is collected and recorded
c. a push or a pull
d. data used to support claims
Letter C.
a push or a pull
100
What force caused the twirly bird to fall to the ground?
Gravity
100
What is an engineer?
a scientist who designs ways to accomplish a goal or solve a problem
100
What is a prediction?
A prediction is an educated guess about what will happen.
100
What is a magnet?
An object that sticks to metal or steel
200
What is it called when two magnets push away from each other?
Repel or repelling
200
What force causes things to slow down until they come to a stop?
Friction
200
What is a variable?
Something you change in an experiment that might affect the outcome.
200
What does observe mean?
When you watch something very carefully to notice things about it.
200
What is a shaft?
a long, thin structure that can be used as an axis or axle
300
How can you tell when a system is balanced?
There is no movement.
300
What did our tops rotate on?
An axis (the shaft)
300
Aerospace Engineers design airplanes, rockets, and space stations.
True or False
What is True?
300
What is a top?
A toy that spins
300
How many centimeters long is the car?
6 cm.
400
Letter B.
Balanced, the magnets are stable (not moving).
400
Which system would roll down a ramp in a straight line?
System A, because both wheels are the same size.
400
Civil Engineers fix computers. True or False
What is false?
400
What is gravity?
a force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth
400
What is it called when two magnets move towards each other?
Attraction
500
Letter D.
Student B is applying 500 units of force.
500
What kind of wheel and axle system would roll in a path like this? Hint: think about the wheels
A wheel and axle system with one big wheel and one small wheel.
500
Nautical Engineers focus on the design of water vehicles such as boats, cruise ships, and submarines. True or False.
What is true?
500
What is criteria?
the rules for evaluating or testing something
500
What is a bearing?
a part of a machine that supports or guides a rotating point