Energy & Motion
Laws
Friction & Sound
Machines & More
Force & Stress
100
This kind of energy is defined as being energy at rest, or energy that is stored?
What is potential energy.
100
The concept of pressure set up in a fluid and how it relates to the force acting on the fluid and the surface area through which it acts is know as what?
What is Pascal's Law.
100
The three kinds of friction may be classified as 1. Starting (static) friction 2. Sliding friction. What is the third?
What is rolling friction.
100
What is the simplest and perhaps the most familiar machine?
What is the lever.
100
This is the stress an object experiences when it is twisted?
What is torsion.
200
This is defined as energy in motion?
What is kinetic energy.
200
This law states: "A mixture of several gases which do not react chemically exerts a pressure equal to the sum of the pressures which the several gases would exert separately if each were allows to occupy the entire space alone at the given temperature."
What is Dalton's Law
200
This term is used to describe the frequency of a sound?
What is pitch.
200
This machine is in the form of a wheel mounted on a fixed axis and supported by a frame?
What is a pulley.
200
When this kind of stress is applied to an object, the force tries to cut or slice through?
What is shear stress.
300
When a force acts upon a body, the momentum of that body is changed is stated by Newton's _______ law?
What is second.
300
"Breaking the Law" is a song by which English heavy metal band, originally released on their 1980 album British Steel.
300
If two pieces of matter have the same natural frequency, and one of them starts to vibrate, it can transfer its wave energy to the other one and cause it to vibrate. This is known as what?
What is resonance.
300
This is a simple machine that facilitates the raising or lowering of heavy objects by application of a small force over a relatively long distance?
What is an inclined plane.
300
When an object becomes distorted by an applied force, the object is said to be what?
What is strained.
400
What is Newton's third law of motion?
What is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
400
This states that "as the velocity of a fluid increases the static pressure of that fluid will decrease, provided there is no energy added or energy taken away."
What is Bernoulli's Principle
400
In virtually all cases, it takes less work to move something horizontally than to lift it _________?
What is vertically.
400
Tom Morello is known for his unique guitar playing and style. Tom is known for being part of the band Audioslave and what other rock band?
400
There are four forces acting on an airplane. Name all four:
What is: Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag
500
Torque = Horsepower x ___ รท rpm
What is 5,252
500
This law states: "The volume of an enclosed dry gas varies inversely with its absolute pressure provided the temperature remains constant"
What is Boyle's law.
500
When sound is coming from a moving object, the object's forward motion adds to the frequency as sensed from the front and takes away from the frequency as sensed from the rear. This is know as what?
What is the Doppler effect.
500
This device is used for measuring specific gravity of liquids?
What is a hydrometer.
500
What is the formula for torque?
What is Force x Distance.