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Motion and Forces Review Sheet
Investigating Motion and Force
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5th Grade
02/26/2012

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Term
4 ways to describe an objects motion
Definition
Speed
Distance
Time
Direction

Think about how to describe a car going by.
Term
Block and Tackle
Definition
A machine made of more than one pulley.
Pullies we used to raise the truck up the ramp. Uncle Randall's Truck.
Term
Compound Machine
Definition
A machine made of two or more simple machines.
Examples: Rod and Reel
Egg Beaters.
Term
Effort Force
Definition
The force applied TO a Machine.
This is also the force that you are applying.
Term
Effort Force
Definition
The amount of force applied TO a machine.
Term
Effort Force
Definition
The force you are applying.
Term
Force
Definition
A Push or a Pull
Term
Friction
Definition
The Force that opposes motion when two surfaces rub together
Term
Fulcrum
Definition
The point at which the lever pivots(moves)
Term
Inclined Plane
Definition
A machine made of a sloped surface used to raise an object.
Example: Wheelchair ramp
Term
Machine
Definition
A DEVICE that makes work easier by changing the side or direction of a force.
Term
Mass
Definition
A measurement of the amount of matter in an object.
Term
Motion
Definition
The act of changing position from one place to another.
Term
Newton's First Law
Definition
An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in moving in a straight line at a certain speed will continue unless an outside force acts upon it.
Term
Newton's Second Law
Definition
Describes what happens when two or more forces act on an object.
Example: Tug of War
Example: Throwing a ball, kicking a ball.
The harder you kick the farther the ball will go.
Term
Newton's Third Law
Definition
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Think about two balls coming together and hitting one another. They will fly apart.
Term
Pulley
Definition
A simple machine made of a rope wrapped around a wheel
Term
Resistance Force
Definition
The force applied BY a machine.
Term
Resistance Force
Definition
The force of the object you are trying to move (the load)
Term
Screw
Definition
A Machine made of a simple plane wrapped around a post.
Term
Six types of machines
Definition
Pulley
Lever
Screw
Wedge
Wheel and Axle
Inclined Plane
Term
Two Reasons why people used simple Machines
Definition
Tools
Weapons
Term
Wedge
Definition
A machine that consists of at least one slanted surface that is used to push objects apart.
Example: Knife, Axe,Chisel, and Thumbtack.
Term
Weight
Definition
The Force of Gravity on an Object
Term
What happened during the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Definition
Many new machines were invented for doing work faster and better.
Inventors combined simple machines to make many compound machines.
Term
What is the time period in the 18th and 19th Centuries (1700's -1800's called?
Definition
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Term
Wheel and Axle
Definition
A machine made with a wheel with a Rod called an Axle through its center.
Term
Work
Definition
The transfer of energy by a force that moves an object.
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