Matter and Energy
The smallest unit of matter
What is the atom?
The term for something that only has a magnitude
What is a scalar?
This means how much energy it takes to move an object a certain distance by applying a certain force.
What is Work?
The unit of mass in physics
What is the kilogram?
The unit of force in physics
What is the Newton?
You walk 20 meters West and then 10 meters East. What is the total distance.
What is 30 m?
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances.
What is an element?
Name two things in physics that are scalars
What is ........? (answers vary)
The term in physics can be thought of as "speed with a direction"
What is velocity?
The units for acceleration in physics
What is m/s/s?
The Law that states that objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?
the speed of a runner who runs 150 meters in 15 secs
What is 10 m/s?
These are the 4 states of matter
What is solid, liquid, gas and plasma?
Name 3 things in physics that are vectors
Answers vary
This is anything that takes up space
What is matter?
Units of Work.
What is Joules?
The law that says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's 3rd law of Motion?
The power supplied by Jonathan who lifts a 50 N bucket up 1 meter in 2 seconds.
What is 25 watts?
This is the temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes
What is 0 degrees?
The variable we use in Physics class to represent acceleration due to gravity on Earth's Surface.
What is lowercase or little g?
When graphing this variable is plotted on the x axis
What is the independent variable?
The units of power
What is Watts?
For an object to start moving or to stop their motion this must be applied to it
What is a force?
What is the work done by Paul when he moves a box 20 meters with a force of 40N
What is 800Joule?
This is the measure of the kinetic energy of a molecule
What is temperature?
This is a term that is used to describe the tendency for an object to stay at rest or stay in motion at constant velocity
What is inertia?
This term is the rate at which the velocity is changing
What is acceleration?
The most commonly used units of temperature around the world?
What is degrees Celsius?
F =ma.
What is Newton's 2nd law of motion?
The work done by Jonathan who lifts a 50 N bucket up 1 meter.
What is 50 Joules?
This is formed when two or more atoms of the same element are chemically joined together
What is a molecule?
The term for something in physics that has magnitude and direction
What is a vector?
This term is how far an object is from where it originally started
What is displacement?
The units for velocity in physics
What is m/s?
Newton's 1st Law of Motion is also known as this.
What is the Law of Inertia?
You walk 20 meters West and then 10 meters East. What is your displacement?
What is 10 meters WEST?