Vocabulary
The branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy.
What is physics?
A pencil is at rest on a desk until a student moves it.
The kinetic energy associated with Victor sitting at his desk, at rest.
What is 0 joules?
Unit for mass.
What are kilograms (kg)?
Term used to describe different perspectives and backgrounds.
What is diversity?
A push or pull on an object resulting from an interaction with another object.
What is force?
Brandon pushes a 1st grader and the 1st grader pushes back.
The potential energy associated with Victor (70 kg) standing on a diving board 10 meters above ground?
What is 7,000 joules?
Unit for velocity.
What is meters per second (m/s)?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The energy an object has when in motion.
What is kinetic energy?
A golf ball and a bowling ball have the same acceleration due to gravity but experience different forces.
What is the Second Law of Motion?
The kinetic energy associated with Victor (70 kg) jumping out of a plane at 10 meters per second.
What is 3,500 joules?
Unit for energy?
What are joules (J)?
Diagram used to show the amount and kinds of forces acting on an object at one time.
What is a free body diagram?
The force of gravity on an object.
A car skids on black ice and continues to until it hits a barrier.
What is the First Law of Motion?
The total energy of Victor (70 kg) walking at sea level, moving at 2 meters per second.
What is 140 joules?
Unit for force.
What are Newtons (N)?
True or False: CER Statements are always correct.
The force a surface has against an object moving across it.
What is friction?
A basketball bounces off the ground after I drop it on the court.
What is the Third Law of Motion?
The total energy Victor (70 kg) has when he is looking out of a window 20 meters above ground, at rest.
What is 14,000 joules?
Unit for heat.
What are joules (J)?
2013 sci-fi/thriller featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney stranded in outerspace.
What is Gravity?