Scientists
Greek astronomer that made the geocentric theory a household name.
Ptolemy
Energy due to speed.
Kinetic energy
G= m1 x m2 / r squared is the formula for what?
Newton’s law of gravitation.
The orbit of every planet is an ___________ and the sun is at one focus of the _________.
Ellipse
Name of class mascot (plush toy)
Bobola
Author of Philsophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
Isaac Newton
The product of the mass of the object and its velocity.
Momentum.
KE = 1/2 x mv2(squared)
Kinetic energy
If a system has no friction, potential energy of an object can be converted totally into kinetic energy and kinetic energy can be converted totally into potential energy. When this occurs, we say that the mechanical energy of the frictionless system is _________.
Conserved.
Approximate length of timeline song
13 minutes
He discovered that the path of the planets were eclipse-shaped and proposed 3 planetary laws of motion that are still accurate today.
Johannes Kepler
Collisions in which some energy is lost.
Inelastic collisions.
F = ma
Newton’s second law
If no external forces act on a closed system, the total _______ of the masses within the system will not change.
Momentum.
Author of Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
This astronomer proposed the heliocentric theory.
Nicklaus Copernicus.
The force that tends to pull two masses toward each other.
Gravity
Gm(e) / r^2
Acceleration due to gravity
Work is a _______ quantity, and all forms of energy are _______ quantities.
Scalar.
Philosopher that came up with the idea of the “unmoved mover.”
Aristotle
This astronomer invented a new and improved telescope.
Galileo.
Potential energy and kinetic energy are two forms of this.
Mechanical energy.
PE = mgh
Potential Energy
If we have a small and apply the same _______ for the same length of time, the momentum changes and both masses are equal because the F times the change in “t” products are equal.
Force.
First name of Professor MacGonagal in Harry Potter.
Minerva.