Force Vocabulary

What is thermal energy?

• Produced when temperatures rise due to global warming.

• Produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other.

• Produced when temperatures cause things to melt.

• Produced when a rise in temperature causes thunder storms.

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Microgravity is __________.

• when things weigh more

• when an objects weight changes based on its position

• when an object seems to be weightless

• when an object has more potential energy

What is mechanical energy?

• The combination of all of the forces acting on an object

• The kinetic energy of an object "minus" its potential energy

• It's net force

• The kinetic energy of an object "plus" it potential energy.

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Kinetic Energy is______.

• moving energy

• stored energy

• Newton's 1st Law

• lift

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Lift is __________.

• A higher force of gravity

• To move from a lower to a higher place of position

• A balanced force.

• Mechanical Energy

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Stored energy is _______.

• Kinetic Energy

• Good to have on a rainy day.

• Stored Energy

• Potential Energy

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The measurement of how fast something is moving is _____.

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Force

• Motion

Magnetic Force is ______

• A basic force of nature - like a tornado

• A basic force of nature - like wind

• A basic force of nature - like a hurricane

• A basic force of nature - like electricity and gravity

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A force called ________ acts on an object in the opposite direction that that object is moving.

• net force

• thrust

• drag

• motion

The force that pushes something forward is _______.

• lift

• drag

• thrust

• acceleration

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