Kinematics 101
Freefall
Phamous Physicists
Projectile Motion
Physics Phacts
100
The common unit for distance
What is the meter?
100
-9.8 meters per second2
What is acceleration due to gravity?
100
Is most known for his work on gravity and the laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
The shape of the path of a projectile
What is parabolic?
100
The planet that rotates the fastest
What is Jupiter?
200
Describes how fast an object is moving
What is speed?
200
Initial velocity is equal to this when an object is at rest
What is zero meters per second?
200
Is most known for his theories of relativity?
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
The direction of the velocity component that is constant
What is horizontal?
200
Can give an electric shock of up to 500 volts
What is the electric eel?
300
Describes how fast an object is moving in a direction
What is velocity?
300
Final velocity equals zero when this is done to an object
What is thrown an object straight up?
300
Is known as the first American physicist who is claimed to have investigated electricity by flying a kite during a lightning storm
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
Responsible for the slowing down of an object that is launched
What is gravity?
300
Can be tested for ripeness by bouncing them
What are cranberries?
400
Calculated using Δx = xf - xi
What is displacement?
400
Describes the total time an object rises and falls
What is hang time?
400
Invented the first electric battery
Who is Count Alessandro Volta?
400
The launch angle that gives a projectile the longest horizontal range
What is 45 degrees?
400
When eating this, it takes more calories to chew than the amount contained in the food
What is celery?
500
Is a change in speed over a period of time
What is acceleration?
500
Calculated by multiplying gravity by a moment in time
What is instantaneous velocity during freefall?
500
Is an influential Italian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher who contributed significantly to astronomy and the idea of uniform acceleration
Who is Galileo Galilei?
500
Shortens a projectile's horizontal range
What is air resistance?
500
The country that has the most tornadoes than any other country in the world
What is the United States?