Terminology
Position must always be given relative to this
What is a reference point?
four people in a ski lift are not moving . . .
What is relative to each other?
This is the relationship between the inch and the centimeter
What is 1 inch to 2.54 cm exactly?
He painted the Mona Lisa
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
The study of weather is called this
What is meteorology?
You can calculate speed by this formula
What is distance divided by time?
Your grandmother waving from a doorway to you in a car is moving . . .
What is relative to you?
The meaning of "milli-" as in "millimeter"
What is one-thousandth?
He had a hard time convincing people that the earth revolved around the sun and not vice-versa
Who was Copernicus?
The study of motion, forces and energy is called this
What is mechanics?
This kind of quantity includes directional information
What is a vector quantity?
A chicken nugget on a fork as it approaches your mouth is not moving . . .
What is relative to the fork?
The freezing point of water in the English system
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
He declined to become the first king of the USA
Who was George Washington?
The most common gas in the homosphere
What is nitrogen?
This is how you calculate the change in velocity
What is final velocity minus initial velocity?
The piano in this room is moving . . .
What is relative to the moon?
The acceleration due to gravity in the metric system
What is 9.8 meters per second-squared?
She was a little Albanian nun who spent her life among the poorest of the poor in India
Who was Mother Teresa?
Inhaled air is 21% oxygen; exhaled air is this
What is 16% oxygen?
This is what we call falling under the influence of gravity and nothing else
What is free fall?
Due to relative motion, a similar passing train seems to be going this much faster than the train that you are riding
What is twice as fast?
The degrees of longitude at the Prime Meridian
What is zero degrees longitude?
He had 5 proofs for the existence of God, and called God "The Original Mover." He is also famous for his "Confessions"
Who was St. Augustine?
Commercial aircraft fly around in this part of the atmosphere
What is the troposphere?