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Forces Test #1
Study Aid for Forces Test #1: Pendulums
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the first step in the scientific method? | Question |
| What is the second step in the scientific method? | Research |
| What is the third step in the scientific method? | Hypothesis |
| What is the fourth step in the scientific method? | Experiment |
| What is the fifth step in the scientific method? | Results |
| What is the sixth step in the scientific method? | Conclusion |
| What word describes an answer to a scientific question based on research? | Hypothesis |
| What word describes an answer to a scientific question based on the results of an experiment? | Conclusion |
| What is another name for a written procedure used to test a hypothesis? | Experiment |
| What is another name for the data gathered after conducting an experiment? | Results |
| What word describes anything that can be changed in an experiment? | variable |
| What word describes the variable in an experiment that is the one change that is being tested? | independent (variable) |
| What word describes the variable that is determined by conducting the experiment (the change you are looking for in the results)? | dependent (variable) |
| What word describes variables that are kept the same and not allowed to change during an experiment? | controlled (variables) |
| What word describe a control that is set up to serve as a base-line during an experiment so that the results can be compared to it? | standard |
| What are the two main types of forces? | push and pull |
| What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth? | gravity |
| What force puts a pendulum in motion? | gravity |
| What force is caused by two or more objects rubbing against one and other? | friction |
| What is the resultant force of a push to the right of 500 Newtons and a push to the left of 300 Newtons? | 200 Newtons to the right |
| What is the resultant force of a push to the right of 500 Newtons and another push to the right of 500 Newtons? | 1000 Newtons to the right |
| What is the resultant force of a pull to the right of 500 Newtons and a pull to the left of 800 Newtons? | 300 Newtons to the left |
| What is the result of a push to the right of 100 Newtons and a push to the left of 100 Newtons? | 0 |
| What is the result of a push to the left of 400 Newtons, a push to the right of 100 Newtons, and a push to the left of 300 Newtons? | 600 Newtons to the left |
| What is Newton's First Law of Motion? | "Objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion until a force acts upon them?" |