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Force and Motion Jeopardy

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Motion Mo’ Motion Weight, weight don’t tell me!

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A-100

• Average speed cannot change or vary. True or False?

• False

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A-200

• The rate of change in speed or direction is called…

• Acceleration

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A-300

• What is the acceleration due to Earth's gravity?

• 9.8 m/s/s or m/s2

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A-400

• How would you calculate average speed?

• Speed=distance/time

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• The upward force acting on an object as it falls through the air.

• Air resistance or drag

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• What is any change over time is called?

• A rate

B-100

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• If you are not wearing a seat belt and your car is in a head on collision you will continue to move forward at your original speed due to …

• Inertia or Newton’s 1st Law

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B-300

• What other property of matter is inertia closely related to?

• Mass

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• Which has the greatest inertia?

• Barbie doll, Ken doll, paper clip or Mr. Schulman?

• Mr. Schulman

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• Which graph represent a bike standing still?

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• B

time time time time

speed

speed

distance

distance

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C-100

• As you ascend (go up) in an spacecraft and you are farther from the Earth's center, what happens to your weight?

• Decreases

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C-200

• In the absence of air a penny and feather will fall…

• At the same rate

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• An object in freefall will appear…

• Weightless

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C-400

• If equal and opposite forces cause no acceleration are said to be…

• Balanced

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• Which graph represents Mrs. Forcier walking at a constant speed?

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speed

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distance

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• What does “m/s” mean? What is it a measure of?

• Meters per second, speed

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D-200

• What does “m” mean? What is it a measure of?

• Meters, distance

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• What does “kg” mean? What is it a measure of?

• Kilograms, mass

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• What does “m/s2” mean? What is it a measure of?

• Meters per second per second, acceleration

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• What does “N” mean? What is it a measure of?

• Newtons, force or weight

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• The harder you pedal a bicycle the faster it will go is which of Newton’s laws?

• Newton’s 2nd

• Force=mass/acceleration

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• The main reason a person can jump off the ground is which of Newton’s laws?

• Newton’s 3rd, every action has an equal and opposite reaction

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• A hockey puck will slide on the ice for a long time when hit…

• Newton’s 1st, object stays in motion unless another force acts on it.

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• F=m x a

• Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion

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• What is the weight of a person who has a mass of 40 kg? Show your work.

• F=m x a or weight=m x a

• Weight=40kg x 9.8 m/s/s

• Weight=392 N

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