Newton's Laws of Motion | Work and Power | Simple Machines | Energy | Thermal Energy |
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What is a newton ?
The unit used for measuring force.
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What is direction?
Work requires motion and depends on ____________.
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What is six?
Many mechanical devices are combinations of two or more of the _____ different simple machines.
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What are elastic and gravitational?
The two types of potential energy.
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What is faster?
As an object heats up, its particles move __________.
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What is net force?
The overall force acting on an object.
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What is a machine?
They change the size of a force needed, the direction of a force, or the distance over which a force acts.
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What is an inclined plane?
A ramp is an example of this simple machine.
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What is the formula used to calculate potential energy?
PE = mgh
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What is hot to cold?
Heat flows from __________ to ___________.
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What is acceleration?
This is what occurs when an unbalanced force acts on an object.
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What are watts and horsepower?
These can both be used as units of power.
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What is a screw?
This simple machine has threads.
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What is chemical energy?
The energy stored in chemical bonds.
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What is thermal expansion?
Occurs when particles of matter move farther apart and temperature increases.
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What is friction?
A force that opposes the motion of an object.
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What is input force?
This is the force you exert on a machine.
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What is "to make our work easier"?
This is the reason we use machines.
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What is electromagnetic energy ?
Energy that travels through space in the form of waves
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What is a calorimeter?
Used to measure changes in thermal energy.
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What is sliding friction?
The type of friction occurring when a skater glides across the ice.
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What is output force?
This is the force exerted by a machine.
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What is ideal mechanical advantage?
This is equal to the number of rope sections supporting the load being lifted in a pulley system.
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What is energy conversion?
The process of changing energy from one form to another..
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What are convection currents?
Occur in nature as ocean currents and weather systems.
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