1. Physics/Gravity Jeopardy
Gravity on Planets
Law of Gravitation
Newton's 2nd
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2. This is the formula for Newton’s First Law of Motion.
Newton's 2nd 100
This is the formula for Newton’s First Law of Motion.
What is F = ma
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3. This many of the units of force in F = ma are equal to one pound.
Newton's 2nd 200
This many of the units of force in F = ma are equal to one pound.
What is 4.45?
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4. This would be the force that would accelerate 5 kg at 6.5 m/s2.
Newton's 2nd 300
This would be the force that would accelerate 5 kg at 6.5 m/s2.
What is 32.5 N?
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5. Newton's 2nd 400
This would be the acceleration a force of 24.6 N acting on 65.4 kg would create.
What is 0.38 m/s2
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6. This is a property all mass has that makes it hard to move.
Newton's 1st/3rd 100
This is a property all mass has that makes it hard to move.
What is inertia?
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7. Newton's 1st/3rd 200 What is small or tiny?
This is how we describe (no numbers) the acceleration on the batter who has just hit a home run.
What is small or tiny?
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8. Newton's 1st/3rd 300 What is 21 m/s2?
This would be the acceleration applied to you (at 50 kg) if a car hit you with 1050 N of force.
What is 21 m/s2?
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9. Newton's 1st/3rd 500 What is 1.05 m/s2?
This would be the acceleration applied to the car (at 1000 kg) if the car hit you (50 kg) and you accelerated at 21 m/s2 of force.
What is 1.05 m/s2?
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10. Gravity on Planets 100 What is 637 N?
This is how much a 65 kg person would weigh on Earth in Newtons.
What is 637 N?
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11. Gravity on Planets 200 What is 243.75 N
This would be the weight in Newtons of a person with 65 kg on Mars, where g = 3.75 m/s2.
What is N
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12. Gravity on Planets 300 What is 584.27 lbs.?
This is how much a person with 100 kg would weigh on Jupiter if you could stand on the surface. gJupiter = 26.0 m/s2, and remember that 4.45 N = 1 lb.
What is lbs.?
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13. What is your weight, your mass?
Gravity on Planets 400
The first one changes for you on other planets, but the second one doesn’t.
What is your weight, your mass?
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14. Law of Gravitation 100 What is 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2
This is the value for G, the universal gravitational constant.
What is 6.67 x Nm2/kg2
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15. Law of Gravitation 200
This is the force of gravity between the Moon and a 50 kg person in Newtons, assuming a lunar (Moon) radius of km and a lunar mass of 7.35X1022 kg.
81.2 N
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16. Law of Gravitation 300 What is 5.52 X 1022?
This is the force of gravity between Venus and the Sun, assuming an average distance of 108,208,930 km, a mass of the Sun of 1.99 X 1030 kg, and a mass of Venus of 4.87 x 1024 kg.
What is 5.52 X 1022?
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17. Law of Gravitation 400
This is the force of gravity on Pluto by the Sun if the Sun has a mass of 1.99 x 1030 kg, Pluto has a mass of 1.03 x 1022 kg, and a mean distance of 5,874,000,000 km.
3.96 x 1016 N
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