Friction Flashcards

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What is the force of friction?

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Is the force applied to an object when it moves against the surface of another object.

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Why is friction important when you walk?

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Because if u didn’t have it you would slip everywhere.

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How can u reduce friction?

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By making a surface smoother. You can also put oil or grease on on the surface.

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4
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What is streamlining?

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Is the reducing of fluid friction.

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What is fluid friction?

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When an object moves through fluid past an object. This is also known as drag.

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how is friction bad?

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When there is too much

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What is an independent variable?

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Is something that changes in an experiment

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What is a dependent variable?

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The dependent variable depends on the indecent variable. It’s also what you measure in an experiment. It also the thing that changes within an experiment.

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What is a controlled variable?

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Controlled variable are the things you can control in an experiment.

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What is a fair test?

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A fair test is to make sure you only change one factor at a time in the same conditions

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What is Mass and what is its unit of measure?

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Mass is the amount of matter in an object and is measured in kilograms.

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What is weight and what is its unit of measure?

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Weight is the size of gravitional force acting on an object and is measured in Newtons.

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What is Mass and what is its unit of measure?

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Mass is the amount of matter in an object and is measured in kilograms.

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What is weight and what is its unit of measure?

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Weight is the size of gravitional force acting on an object and is measured in Newtons.

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15
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What causes a boat to float ?

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Buoyancy

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What is density and how do you calculate it ?

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Is a measure of how tight matter is packed into any material. You calculate it by mass divided by volume and is in g/cm3

17
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What is buoyancy

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The force of buoyancy pushes upwards to keep the cruise ship afloat. Buoyancy is the upward push of an object that is floating or submerged in fluid.

18
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What type of machine is a seesaw.

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It’s a first class lever and simple machine

19
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What are the three different types of levers?

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First class lever - seesaw, scissors
Second class lever - wheelbarrow, stapler 
Third class lever - fishing rod, tongs
20
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What is a permanent magnet?

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Am permanent magnet never loses it magnetism.

21
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What is a temporary magnet?

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A temporary magnet eventually loses its magnetism

22
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What is magnetic field?

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Is where the magnetic force acts

23
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What is an electromagnet?

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Is used to store and read magnetic patterns. It is a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core.

24
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Why don’t we fall through the floor?

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Because the force exerting from the floor and gravity pulling us in is even.

25
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What are forces?

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A force is a push or pull on an object. It also changes the speed, shape and direction of objects.

26
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What are contact forces?

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Friction. Thrust. Compression. Air resistance

27
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How do we represent forces

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In Arrows.

28
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What hold water on a coin

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Surface tension

29
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What is a lever

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A simple machine

30
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What do all levers have in common.

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They all have a lever effort and load.

31
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What are the magnetic pole s

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North and south attract each other. North and north repel each other. South and south repel each other.

32
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What elements are in magnets

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Iron and