CHAPTER 12 FORCES JEOPARDY
Objects are
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Use the
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Copy
Cats
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Sky is
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Final Jeopardy
Mixed
Bag
Objects are lazy - $100
According to Newton’s second law of motion, the
acceleration of an object equals the net force
acting on the object divided by the object’s
mass
Objects are lazy - $200
An airbag is a safety feature that provides an
__________ ________ force that prevents
passengers from projecting through the
windshield.
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Unbalanced backwards force
Objects are lazy - $300
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What does Newton’s First Law tell us about the
direction of the object’s motion when not acted
on by an unbalanced force?
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Objects will continue to stay at rest/stay in
motion when forces are balanced
Objects are lazy - $400
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Which universal force acts only on the protons
and neutrons in a nucleus
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Strong nuclear
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What are the four fundamental forces?
Use the force - $100
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The SI Unit of force is …….
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The Newton
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When an unbalanced force acts on an object,
the object…..
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accelerates!
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The net force needed to accelerate a 1,357 kg car forward
at 8.0 m/s2 is…
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10,856 N F=1,357 (kg) x 8 (m/s2)
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A 2.5 kg box is sliding along a level floor. It is
slowing down at a rate of 0.45 m/s2. What is the
force of friction the floor is exerting on the box?
1.125 N
F=ma F= 2.5 (kg) x 0.45 (m/s2)
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Use the force - $500
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Rewrite Newton’s second law of motion
substituting a, acceleration, with the information
from the acceleration equation. Explain why this
makes sense!
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F= m x (Vf-Vi)
Tf-Ti
Copy cats - $100
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If two objects with different masses and
traveling with different velocities collide, what
“law” allows you to predict the motion of the
objects after the collision?
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Law of conservation of momentum
Copy cats - $200
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Calculate the momentum of a pencil sitting on
your desk. Explain how you arrived at your
answer.
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Zero! P=mv P= m X 0
P=0 kg × m/s2
Copy cats - $300
The weak nuclear force is associated with
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Nuclear decay
Copy cats - $400
 Identify the Action force and Reaction force.
ACTION FORCE—BALLOON PUSING AIR BACKWARDS
REACTION FORCE—AIR PUSHING BALLOON FORWARDS
Copy cats - $500
The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of
Mars is about one third the acceleration due to
gravity on Earth’s surface. The weight of a dog on
the surface of Mars is about
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1/3 it’s weight on earth’s surface
Even if the sky is falling down down… - $100
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HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE WEIGHT OF AN
OBJECT?
+ 50 FOR THE GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT
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W= MASS X GRAVITY
9.8 M/S2
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You won’t fall out of this roller coaster because
of?
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Centripetal force
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What is the weakest force?
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Gravity
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What is con served when two objects collide in a
closed system?
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Momentum
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It usually takes more force to start an object
sliding than it does to keep an object sliding
because static friction is usually
____________________ than sliding friction.
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Greater (Larger)
Mixed Bag - $100
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What kind of friction occurs as a fish swims
through water?
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Fluid friction
Mixed bag- $200
 As
the polar bear slides across the
snow, the sliding friction acting on
the bear …
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Acts in the direction opposite of motion.
mixed bag- $300
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The forces acting on the falling meatballs are?
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Gravity and air resistance
Mixed bag - $400
An open parachute increases air resistance of a
falling sky diver by
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Increasing
Mixed bag - $500
Projectile motion is
caused by
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the downward force of gravity and an initial
forward velocity.
Final Jeopardy
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an orange might roll off your cafeteria tray when
you stop suddenly because of
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the orange’s inertia