A | B |
an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
more force = more acceleration | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
for every action there is an = and opposite reaction | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an outside force | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
A fireman turns on his hose & is knocked backwards | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
It takes less force to move a DVD than a DVD player | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
You have to push a heavy ball harder to get it to move as fast as a small one | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
A soccer ball will not move until a player kicks it | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
If air is let out of a balloon quickly, air pushes down & balloon goes up | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
It takes less force to push a bike than a motorcycle | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
A bowling ball hits the pins sending the pins flying for a STRIKE! | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
Feet push down on the floor & the floor pushes up at feet as you walk | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
122 KG bowling ball goes faster down the lane than a 135 KG bowling ball | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
Push a large box & a small box with the same force, the small box will go faster | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
seatbelt stops you from hitting the windshield if you hit the brakes quickly | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
A boy can throw a football farther than his friend because he uses more force | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
Someone crashes their bike into a rock & is thrown over it to the ground | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
The force of an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
When riding a horse , the horse suddenly stops and you fly over its head. | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
The magician pulls the tablecloth out from under a table full of dishes. | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
Hitting a baseball, harder the hit, faster the ball goes. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
a loaded versus an unloaded truck | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
A hockey puck slides on the ice until friction stops it. | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
An apple will hang from the tree until gravity pulls it down. | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
The smaller a car is the faster it will stop when you apply the brakes. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
A runner pushes on the starting blocks and the blocks push on the runner. | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
A tire pushes on the road and the road pushes on the tire. | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
If I push an empty shopping cart and a full shopping cart with the same amount of force, the empty shopping cart will move farther. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
If air is let out of a balloon quickly, air pushes down & balloon goes up | NEWTON'S 3RD LAW |
The bigger a football player is, the harder it is to knock them down. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more inertia. | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
Which Newton's Law is also called the Law of Inertia? | NEWTON'S 1ST LAW |
force = mass times acceleration | NEWTON'S 2ND LAW |
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY | ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED |
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY | UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLE THAT TOTAL ENERGY REMAINS CONSTANT |
SUM OF POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY IN A SYSTEM | MECHANICAL |
SCIENTIFIC UNIT FOR ENERGY | JOULE (J) |
THERMAL ENERGY | HEAT |
SPLITTING OF ATOMIC NUCLEI | FISSON |
MERGING OF ATOMIC NUCLEI | FUSION |
POTENTIAL ENERGY | ENERGY OF POSITION |
KINETIC ENERGY | ENERGY OF MOTION |
STORED ENERGY | POTENTIAL ENERGY |
1/2mv^2 | KINETIC ENERGY |
mgh | potential energy |
power that an object gets from its position and motion. | mechanical energy |
energy that is generated and measured by heat. | thermal energy |
energy stored in bonds of chemical compounds | chemcial energy |
energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field. | gravitational potential energy |
occurs when objects are impermanently compressed, stretched or generally deformed in any manner | elastic potential energy |
depends on mass and motion | kinetic energy |
potential energy that depends upon an object's height | GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY |
the potential energy associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed | elastic potential energy |
The transfer of energy from an object at a higher tem. to an object at lower temp. | thermal energy |
a stretched bungee cord | elastic potential energy |
boiling water | thermal energy |
a person swimming | kinetic energy |
Tell the type of conversion that takes natural gas is used to heat water | chemical to thermal |
Niagara Falls is a good example of what energy conversion | mechanical to electrical |
Sitting on a sled at the top of a hill | gravitational potential energy |
What point has greatest kinetic energy?,  | D |
What point has the lowest potential energy?,  | D |
What point has the highest potential energy?,  | A |
What point has the lowest kinetic energy?,  | A |
A situation where if one variable increases, the other tends to decrease | inverse relationship |
What is the relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy? | inverse relationship |
If kinetic energy increases, then potential energy _______ | decreases |