Distance-Time Graph
Vocabulary
Speed/Motion
Energy
Gravity
100
there is no movement
What is a straight Line
100
A path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space
What is Orbit
100
distance/time
What is the formula for calculating speed
100
person at the top of a hill,a boulder sitting high above the ground, a skier at the top of a slope
What is gravitational potential energy
100
a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses
What is Gravity
200
The line slopes upward at constant rate.
What is increasing speed
200
The motion of a body when the only force acting on it is gravity
What is Free Fall
200
a way to calculate the speed of an object that may not always be moving at a constant speed
What is Average Speed
200
an archer pilling back on the string and stretches it
What is elastic potential energy
200
objects that have small mass and the distance between the two masses increases
What is a weaker gravitational force
300
on a distance-time graph the line zig-zags up
What is an object constantly changing speed
300
a location to which another location is compared
What is reference point
300
what has to happen for a feather and a ball to fall at the same rate
What is no air resistance
300
Kinetic is the energy of something moving. Potential is that an object has due to its position,condition,of chemical composition.
What is the difference between Kinetic and Potential energy
300
Earths gravity makes heavy objects fall faster than light objects
What is false
400
the slope of the line indicates what
What is speed
400
the distance traveled in a certain amount of time
What is speed
400
Speed measures how far something moves in a certain amount of time. Average speed is a way to calculate the speed of an object not moving at a steady pace
What is the difference between Average speed and speed
400
Kinetic plus Potential energy
What is Mechanical Energy
400
Gravity Keeps the planets....
What is Round
500
Downward Line
What is decreasing speed
500
The energy of an object that is due to the objects motion
What is Kinetic Energy
500
The forward motion and the Downward motion
What are the two motions acting to produce an orbit
500
Food and Coal
What are examples of Chemical Potential Energy
500
The object in orbit would float away
What is What would happen to an object in orbit without gravity pulling it down