Theme Park Science

Question 1

A car moves from A to B at a speed of 70 km/h and comes back from B to A at a speed of 40 km/h.
Find it’s average speed during the journey?

Answer 1

55 km/h

Question 2

The earth takes on year to go round the sun. If distance travelled is 584 million miles if there are 365 days a year, what is Earth’s speed in mph?

Answer 2

66,666.6’ mph

Question 3

A fuel burning empties this store

Answer 3

Chemical

Question 4

A bungee jumper bounces at the bottom of their rope, but never bounces back as high as they started. Eventually they stop bouncing and hang from their rope. What happened to the gravitational potential energy they had at the start of their jump?

Answer 4

Transferred to the thermal store of thei surroundings.

Question 5

A man walks 20 km in 4 hours. Find his speed.

Answer 5

5 km/h

Question 6

When you’re boiling a kettle, what store is increasing?

Answer 6

Thermal

Question 7

What happens to the kinetic energy of particles when they are heated?

Answer 7

The kinetic energy of the particle increses

Question 8

A bus drives at a speed of 60 mph and covers a distance of 48 miles. How long does/would that take in minutes?

Answer 8

48 minutes.

Question 9

What is the equation for speed?

Answer 9

S = D/T

Question 10

How do you find time?

Answer 10

Distance/ speed

Question 11

Stretched objects have energy in this store

Answer 11

Elastic

Question 12

What is a system when you are studying energy transfers?

Answer 12

The objects you are studying

Question 13

How does energy transfer from a battery to a torch?

Answer 13

Electrical

Question 14

What does HERM stand for?

Answer 14

Acronym for energy transfers:
Heating
Electrical
Radiation
Mechanical

Question 15

What kind of energy store is glucose?

Answer 15

Chemical

Question 16

What is a system when you are studying energy transfers?

Answer 16

The objects you are studying

Question 17

What is the energy stored in chemical bonds of the glucose that are being produced called?

Answer 17

Chemical

Question 18

By which pathway does a hot cup of tea tranfer energy to it’s surroundings?

Answer 18

Thermal

Question 19

Name the types of heat transfers that require particles?

Answer 19

Conduction and convection

Question 20

What does KGCEMENT stand for?

Answer 20

The acronym for energy stores:
Kinetic
Gravitational (potential)
Chemical
Electrostatic
Magnetic
Elastic
Nuclear
Thermal

Question 21

How do you find distance?

Answer 21

Speed x time

Question 22

What are the preffered units for distance and time?

Answer 22

m/s

Question 23

On a distance-time graph, how would the line look if I stood still for five minutes?

Answer 23

Vertical