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45 Cards in this Set
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if you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 500 m then turn around and ride back, your distance is ____ your displacement |
greater than |
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motion is a change in ____ |
position |
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the speed you read in your speedometer is _____ |
instantaneous speed |
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3 m/s north is an example of a(n) |
velocity |
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the relationship among speed, distance, and time is ___ |
s= d/t |
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a single point on a distance-time graph tells the ___ |
instantaneous speed |
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a merry go round horse moves at a constant speed but at a changing ___ |
velocity |
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acceleration us rate or change of ____ |
velocity |
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if you ride your bike up a hill, then ride down the other side, your acceleration is ____ |
first negative. then positive |
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the equation used to find acceleration is = |
vf-vi/t |
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a horizontal line in a velocity/time graph shows ____ acceleration |
zero |
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inertia varies depending ____ |
mass |
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newtons first law of motion is also called the law of ___ |
inertia |
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the upward force in an object falling through the air is ____ |
air resistance |
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the relationship among mass, force, and acceleration is explained by ___ |
newtons second law of motion |
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a feather will fall through the air more slowly than a brick because of ____ |
air resistance |
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in the absence of air, a penny and a feather that are dropped from the same height at the same time will ____ |
fall at the same rate |
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the acceleration due to gravity is ___ |
9.8 m/s2 |
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according to newtons second law of motion, ____ |
f= m × a |
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when an object moves in a circular path, it accelerates toward the center of the circle as a result of ____ |
centripetal force |
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the path of a projectile is ___ |
curved |
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for any object, the greater the force that's applied to it, the greater its ____ will be |
acceleration |
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the size of the gravitational force between two objects depends on their ___ |
masses and the distance between them |
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as you get farther from the center of Earth, your weight will ___ |
decrease |
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when a force is exerted on a box, an equal and opposite force is exerted by the box. these forces are called ____ forces. |
action-reaction |
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a real car moving at 10 km/h has more momentum than a toy car moving at the same speed because the real car ____ |
has greater mass |
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in the equation p = m × v, the p represents ____ |
momentum |
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the statement "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" is ___ |
newtons third law of motion |
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the unit of momentum is ___ |
kg × m/s |
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when two alls collide, the momentum of the balls after the collision us explained by ____ |
the law of conservation of momentum |
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a 300-N force acts on a 25-kg object. the acceleration of the object is ___ |
12 m/s2 |
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a 3,000-N force acts on a 200kg object. the acceleration of the object is ____ |
15 m/s2 |
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an object that is in free fall seems to be ___ |
weightless |
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if gravity did NOT affect the path of a horizontal thrown ball, the ball would ____ |
travel horizontally |
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a ball attached to a string is being swung in a clockwise circular path as shown in figure 3-1. assume the strung breaks at point A. in which direction will the ball be traveling an instant later? |
direction d |
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in which direction will the acceleration on the back be when the ball passes point A? |
direction b |
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the kinetic energy of an object increases as its ____ increases |
velocity |
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increasing the speed of an object ___ its potential energy. |
does not affect |
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the SI unit for energy is the ___. |
joule |
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you can calculate kinetic energy by using the equation ____ |
KE (J) = 1/2 M (KG) × V2 (M2/S2) |
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you can calculate gravitational potential energy by using the equation |
GOE (J) = m (kg) × 9.8 m/s2 × h (m) |
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which of the following devices does not make use of electrical energy? |
upright piano |
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a bus engine transfers chemical potential energy into ____ so that the bus moves. |
kinetic energy |
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in a nuclear fusion reaction, mass its transformed into ___ |
energy |
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according to the law of conservation of energy. the total amount of energy in the universe ____ |
remains constant |