3.8B: Speed and Mechanical Energy Vocabulary

movement

• position

• motion

• speed

• distance

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the length between two points

• position

• motion

• speed

• distance

where something is located

• position

• motion

• speed

• distance

a measure of how fast something is moving

• position

• motion

• speed

• distance

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A process of finding the answer to a question using various research methods.

• Mechanical Energy

• Investigation

• Research

• Processing

The energy of motion.

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Sound Energy

• Electrical Energy

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Which object would have the MOST speed?

• a toy car going down a ramp

• a toy car resting on the ground

• a toy car at the bottom of a ramp

• a toy car underwater

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Which object would have the LEAST speed?

• a marble rolling down a track

• a roller coaster going downhill

• a dog running

• a box sitting on the ground

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Which of the following is NOT a way to increase the speed and mechanical energy of an object?

• push it forward

• push it down a ramp

• put it on wheels and push it forward

• add more weight to it to make it heavier

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position

• movement

• the length between points

• where something is located

• the energy of motion