Vocabulary
Speed
Name that Law
Speed, Velocity, or Acceleration
Miscellaneous
100

the location or place of an object

POSITION


100

On Saturdays, a biking club rides around the park. If they rode 40 miles over the course of 4 hours, what was their average speed?

10 mph

100

A boy is sledding down an icy hill. He slides and doesn't stop until he hits the barrier in front of the lake. 

1st

100

A motorcycle is heading South at 20 mph.

V

100

What was one of Isaac Newton's other discoveries?

reflecting telescope

white light is made of many colors

calculus


200

when an object speeds up, slows down, stops, or changes directions

ACCELERATION

200

Last night, Miss Vasbinder discovered a mouse in the classroom! She chased it. The mouse ran all the way around the room, which is 75 feet long, in 5 seconds. What was the mouse's average speed?

15 ft/s

200
NASA's newest space shuttle takes off over Cape Canaveral. What is the action force? What is the reaction force?

ACTION: AIR/FIRE/EXPLOSION DOWN

REACTION: ROCKET SHOOTS UPWARD


200

A speedboat travels at 78 mph.

S

200

What member of royalty did Isaac Newton become?

Knight

300

how far an object moves in a given amount of time

SPEED

300

What is the formula for speed?

s=d/t

speed=distance/time

300

A baby butterfly just emerged from its chrysalis. It begins to flap its wings, therefore it goes up.

3rd

300

Kayak's ski doo goes from 40 to 45 miles per hour.

A

300

Can momentum be lost or created? Why?

No - momentum is not created or destroyed -only transferred

400

an object's speed in a particular direction

VELOCITY


400

Maggie takes her Bernese Mountain dog on a walk around their farm, which is a total distance of 35 miles. If it takes her two hours to do so, what was her average speed?

17.5 mph

400
A softball player is up to bat and hits the softball 300 feet. The next time she's at bat, some random guy pitches a baseball, and she hits it 400 feet.

2nd

400

Mildred is jogging at 3 mph, turns the corner onto her street, and continues jogging at 3 mph.

A

400

What speed can the fastest car in the world achieve?

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport – 268 mph

500

a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force

INERTIA

500

Besides vehicles, name another object that we usually measure its speed

Internet

Light

Sound

Wind

People

Waves




500

What is another name for the 1st law of motion?

The Law of Inertia


500

Write one of the three laws of motion in its entirety.

An object and rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

An object's acceleration depends on the size and direction of the force acting on it and the mass of the object.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction


500

Name the 6 simple machines and draw a sketch of each one

Lever

Pulley

Wheel and Axle

Wedge

Inclined Plane

Screw