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Forces and Motion
Big Unit Test
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Science
6th Grade
02/26/2011

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Term
Position
Definition
An object's place or location used to determined movement
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Acceleration   
Definition
A change in the direction or speed of a object
Term
Momentum 
Definition
How hard it is to slow down or stop a moving object
Term
Interia
Definition
The property of matter that keeps it moving or keeps it at rest
Term
Orbit
Definition
The path one body in space takes as it revloves around another body
Term
Law of universal gravitation
Definition
States that all objects are attracted to all other objects
Term

Your favorite teddy bear is sitting on your bed when you leave in the morning? What would you expect to find when you return home?


  1. The teddy bear would stay on the bend based on Law 1
  2. The teddy bear would fall off of the bed based on Law 1
  3. Due to the teddy bear's mass, it will not accelerate based on Law 2
Definition
The teddy bear woul stay on the bed based Law 1
Term

Why do the brakes on an adult bicycle have to be strong than the brakes on a child's bicycle.


 

  1. The adult's height creates less interia
  2. The childes sits lower to the ground
  3. The adult's mass creates more momentum

 

Definition
The adult's mass creates more momentum
Term

Why is a train that is traveling on a curved track a constant speed accelerating


 

  1. The direction of the train is constantly changing
  2. The train's size will eventually slow it down
  3. The train doesn't have enough momentum
Definition
The direction of the train is a constantly changing
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A student rolls a toy car across a table. The car rolls for a short distance and stops. The student thinks the car does no follow Newton's first law of motion because it stopped on it's own. What is the error in this student's thinking?


  1. He used the wrong kind of toy car
  2. He forgot about the force of friction
  3. He did not measure the correct forces

 

Definition
He forgot about the force of friction
Term

If an equal force acts on each of the following objects, which one will have the greatest acceleration.


  1. a 1-pound golf ball
  2. a 3-pound baseball
  3. a 10-pound bowling ball

 

Definition
a 1-pound golf ball
Term

A baseball and a bowling ball roll along a flat surface at the same speed.Which statement about the motion of the balls is NOT true


 

  1. Friction is the same on each ball
  2. Gravity acts on each ball
  3. The balls have the same momentum

 

Definition
The balls have the same momentum
Term

What forces are acting on the parachutist?


  1. Momentum and Gravity
  2. Friction and Gravity
  3. Kinetic and potential

 

 

Definition
Firction and Gravity
Term

Which example illustrates the property of inertia?


 

  1. People in a car contiue moving forward in their seats when the car quickly stops
  2. A bowling pin falls down when the bowling ball hits it
  3. The ground pushes back against your feet when you start to run

 

Definition
People in a car continue moving forward in their seats when the car quickly stops
Term

Which example is a illustration of the conservation of momentum


  1. a spacecraft traveling in space for thousands of years
  2. a ball thrown into air and then falling back towards Earth
  3. a parked truck rolls forward when a moving car hits it
Definition
a parked truck rolls forward when a moving car hits it
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