Newtons Notions Vocabulary

Question 1

Any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force such as an inclined plane wedge or lever

Answer 1

Simple machines

Question 2

A rigid bar resting on a pivot used to help move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other

Answer 2

Lever

Question 3

A piece of wood metal or some other material having one thick edge that is driven between two objects of parts of an object to secure or separate them

Answer 3

Wedge

Question 4

A short slender sharp pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place

Answer 4

Screw

Question 5

A sloping ramp up which heavy loads can be raised by ropes or chains

Answer 5

Inclined plane

Question 6

A wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes it acts to change the direction or a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used to raise heavy weights

Answer 6

Pulley

Question 7

A simple lifting machine consisting of a rope that unwinds from a wheel onto a cylindrical drum or shaft joined to the wheel to provide mechanical advantage

Answer 7

Wheel and axle

Question 8

The point on which a lever rests or is supported and in which it pivots

Answer 8

Fulcrum

Question 9

States that an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a strait line unless acted upon by an external force

Answer 9

Newtons 1st law

Question 10

States that the acceleration of an objects is dependent upon two variables the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object

Answer 10

Newtons 2nd law

Question 11

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Answer 11

Newtons 3rd law

Question 12

Two forces acting in opposite directions on an object and equal in size anytime there is a balanced force on an object object stay still or continues moving continues to move at the same speed and in the same direction

Answer 12

Balanced forces

Question 13

If two individual forces are equal in magnitude and opposite direction in the forces are said to be balanced and object is said to be acted upon by an unbalanced force only when there is an individual force that is knocking down spy a force of equal magnitude and in the opposite direction

Answer 13

Unbalanced force

Question 14

Definition of inertial force A force opposite indirection to an accelerating force acting on the body and equal to the product of the Excelerator in force and the mass of the body

Answer 14

Inertia

Question 15

The resistance that one surface or object encounters with moving over another

Answer 15

Friction

Question 16

The speed of something in a given direction

Answer 16

Velocity

Question 17

The rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate

Answer 17

Speed

Question 18

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth or toward any other physical body having a mass for most purposes newtons laws of gravity apply with minor modifications to take the general Siri of relativity into account

Answer 18

Gravity

Question 19

A coherent it typically large body of matter with no definite shape

Answer 19

Mass

Question 20

The action or process of moving or being moved

Answer 20

Motion

Question 21

Energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion

Answer 21

Kinetic energy

Question 22

The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others stresses with in itself electric charge and other factors

Answer 22

Potential energy

Question 23

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result

Answer 23

Work

Question 24

Increase in the rate or speed of something

Answer 24

Acceleration

Question 25

The overall force acting on an object

Answer 25

Net force

Question 26

The constant speed that are freely falling object eventually reaches when the resistance of the medium through which it is falling prevents further acceleration

Answer 26

Terminal velocity

Question 27

The quantity of motion of a moving body measured as a product of its mass and velocity

Answer 27

Momentum