Forces
The name for a twisting force.
What is torsion?
Magnets have 2 of these, North and South.
What are poles?
An object that can defy gravity for a time due to tension pulling up while gravity is pulling down.
What is a slinky/spring?
In Medieval Times, this, not rubber bands, was used to power catapults.
What is rope?
Everything that has this also has gravity.
What is Mass?
The force that makes things fall towards the center of the earth.
What is gravity?
This radiates in ALL directions.
What is a Magnetic field?
The amount of carbon in the average human body is enough to make this many pencils.
What is 9000?
A scientist and artist, that was obsessed with building a perpetual motion machine.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's 3rd law of motion?
This point is crucial for balance.
What is the center of gravity?
A giant magnet that makes the needle of a compass point North.
What is the Earth?
This material, along with gravel and sand, is often used to filter particles from water.
What is charcoal?
His screw, invented around 200 BC, is credited as the first known water pump.
Who was Archimedes?
An object in motion tends to stay in motion, and an object at rest tends to stay at rest.
What is Newton's 1st law of motion?
This force could keep water from spilling out of a cup that is following a circular path even when it's upside down.
What is centripetal force?
Metals containing iron, nickel, or cobalt.
What are ferromagnetic metals?
This tire material is perfect for gripping the road due to its high friction.
What is rubber?
Albert Einstein called him the smartest person to have ever lived.
Who is Issac Newton?
A branch of science that deals with fluids.
What is Hydraulics?
The effect that affects spinning objects moving through air, like our foam cup spinners. The spinning created lower pressure on top and higher pressure on the bottom, resulting in lift.
What is the Magnus effect?
This is the type of magnet is known for being the strongest type of permanent magnet commercially available.
What is a neodymium magnet?
Meaning afraid of water, this type of spray repels water and keeps materials dry.
What is hydrophobic spray?
A "new" type of math that Issac Newton invented to explain how forces like gravity worked.
What is Calculus?
A ring of air that travels farther than air without a shape.
What is a vortex?
An impressive way to describe how a spinning top stays balanced.
What is the conservation of angular momentum?