10948349360 | Volume formula | L x W x H | 0 | |
10948358946 | Density formula | D=m/V Density=mass/volume | 1 | |
10948381720 | Density unit | kg/m^3 | 2 | |
10948407249 | Pressure formula | Pressure = Force/Area (P=F/A) | 3 | |
10948410927 | Pressure unit | N/m^2 or Pascal | 4 | |
10948416599 | Law of Intertia | objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force | 5 | |
10948475048 | Law of Acceleration | an object will move in the direction of the force applied to it (F=ma) | 6 | |
10948459542 | law of motion | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction | 7 | |
10948493435 | Gravity | the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass | 8 | |
10948566003 | Friction | A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact | 9 | |
10948570359 | buoyancy | The ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on an object placed in it | 10 | |
10948576898 | Acceleration | Change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur (m/s2) | 11 | |
10948589763 | Speed | The distance an object travels per unit of time | 12 | |
10948592477 | speed formula | s=d/t | 13 | |
10948595841 | Velocity | Speed in a given direction | 14 | |
10948626424 | Vector | A quantity that has magnitude and direction | 15 | |
10948636163 | magnitude | 16 | ||
10948676657 | Displacement | Distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point. | 17 | |
10948763872 | free body diagram | a diagram showing all the forces acting on an object | 18 | |
10948840898 | How do you use a eureka can to calculate the volume of an irregularly shaped object? | weigh the object | 19 | |
11054256797 | Scalar | A physical quantity that has magnitude only. | 20 | |
11054259155 | Adding vectors | "head to tail" + sum represented by arrow drawn from tail first vector to head second vector | 21 | |
11054271394 | adding scalars | add up both distances even if you change direction e.g. 2 miles north + 3 miles south = 5 miles | 22 | |
11054275174 | Speed unit of measurement | m/s | 23 | |
11054280736 | time unit | S | 24 | |
11054284662 | Distance Units | m | 25 | |
11054287285 | Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes | 26 | |
11054291221 | Acceleration unit | m/s/s | 27 | |
11054295833 | calculating acceleration | final speed-initial speed/time | 28 | |
11054302027 | Gradient | slope | 29 | |
11054304679 | Calculating gradient | change in y/change in x | 30 | |
11054310103 | area | Length x Width | 31 | |
11054321495 | Speed-time graph | A visual representation of the acceleration of an object | 32 | |
11054324902 | center of mass | the point in an object that moves as if all the object's mass were concentrated at that point | 33 | |
11054333670 | irregular center of mass | where the mass is centered | 34 | |
11368022547 | Mass | the amount of matter in an object | 35 | |
11368022548 | Weight | A measure of the force of gravity on an object | 36 | |
11368022549 | terminal velocity | the constant velocity of a falling object when the force of air resistance is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity | 37 | |
11368022550 | Force causing terminal velocity | Air resistance | 38 | |
11368022551 | Speed-time graph | A visual representation of the acceleration of an object | 39 | |
11368046817 | Hooke's Law | The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it. | 40 | |
11368046818 | Elastic and Plastic Deformation | Where the object loses its elasticity | 41 | |
11368046819 | Hooke's Law Equation | F=kx | 42 | |
11368046820 | Weight and mass equation | W=m×g | 43 | |
11499776074 | Force | A push or pull exerted on an object | 44 | |
11499776075 | balanced forces | Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions | 45 | |
11499776076 | unbalanced forces | forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force that is not zero | 46 | |
11499776077 | Pressure formula | P=F/A (force/area) | 47 | |
11499798935 | vector measurement | a measurement that has magnitude and directional | 48 | |
11499798936 | scalar measurement | measurement with only magnitude or quantity | 49 | |
11499846597 | Hooke's Law Equation | F = -kx : Hooke's Law Equation states that the force exerted by a spring is equal to the spring constant times the distance the spring is compressed or stretched from its equilibrium position (k) - the spring constant which depends on the stiffness and other properties of the spring (x) - the distance that the spring is stretched from its equilibrium position | 50 | |
11499935395 | Newton's Third Law of Motion | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction | 51 | |
11499935396 | Newton's Second Law | Force equals mass times acceleration | 52 | |
11499935397 | Newton's First Law | An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. | 53 | |
11937765494 | conservation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed | 54 | |
11937775758 | energy transfer | 55 |
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