Physics

Chapters 2

By Colby Townsend, Brittany McGuire, & Emily Shelton - 2011

Scientific Notation/

Significant Figures

SI Units and

Prefixes

Chapter Two

Vocabulary

WhichFormula?

Graphs, Graphs,

and more Graphs

EnglishTo

Math

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Final Jeopardy

For 100 points

Place this number into scientific notation:

369000 km

What is3.69 x 105

km?

For 200 points

State how many significant figures this

number has and expand it out of

scientific notation:

2.368 x 106 km

What is 4 significant figures

&2368000 km?

For 300 points

When changing a number into scientific notation, you must move the decimal place to

create a number between what.

What is a number

between 1-10?

Its purpose is to indicate precision.

For 400 points

What is of Significant Figures?

Solve this problem with the appropriate

significant figures:

1500 x 3.6

?

For 500 points

What is 5.4 x 103?

cd is the symbol for what base

unit.

For 100 points

What is candela?

The only SI base unit

with a prefix.

For 200 points

What is kilogra

m?

For 300 points

MATTELL is an acronym for

this.

What is Mass,

Amount, Temperature,

Time, Electricity,

Length, and Luminosity?

Fill in the following:

deci- 10-1

centi- ____milli- ____

micro- ____nano- ____

For 400 points

What is:deci- 10-1

centi- 10-2

milli- 10-3

micro- 10-6

nano- 10-9

For 500 points

Identify the number significant figures for all of

the following:

1) 3.0800 2) 0.00418

3) 7.09 x 10-5 4) 91,600

5) 0.003005

What is:1. 5 significant figures2. 3 significant figures3. 3 significant figures4. 3 significant figures5. 4 significant figures

For 100 points

Velocity is what?

What is the slope of

position vs. time?

Man that’s Hot!

For 200 points

Acceleration is what and

expressed in what units.

What is the slope of

velocity vs. time and m/s2?

Define free fall.

For 300 points

What is the motion of an object falling

with a constant acceleration?

Define average velocity and how is it calculated.

For 400 points

What is the total displacement divided by the time interval

during which the displacement

occurred and by adding two

velocities' and dividing them by

two.

Define instantaneou

s velocity.

For 500 points

What is the velocity of an

object at some instant and

found by the slope of the

tangent line?

Write the displacemen

t formula.

For 100 points

What is Δx =

xf-x

i?

Write the formula

for velocity.

For 200 points

What is ΔxΔt

V = ?

Brittany is walking through

the mall and comes to a stop as she notices a pink jacket. She travels 3m in 2 s. What is her

velocity?

For 300 points

What is 3m/2s = 1.5

m/s?

Emily decided she wanted a cookie, so she jumped into her car and traveled 4m

every 3 s. It took her 20 seconds to get to the store.

Find her acceleration.

For 400 points

What is 1/15 m/s2?

State the two formulas you

must memorize.

For 500 points

What is Δx = viΔt + ½aΔt2

&Vf

2 = Vi2 + 2aΔx

For 100 points

What this graph shows: Y

X

Y= positionX= time

What is an object at

rest?

For 200 points

What this graph shows: Y

X

Y= position (m)X= time (s)

What is Instantaneous

Velocity?

For 300 points

Sketch a graph of a donkey that is speeding up at a uniform rate of

acceleration while moving in

a negative direction.

What is:Y

X

Y= velocity (m/s) X= time (s)

For 400 points

The type of motion studied during

Chapter 2.

What is 1-D?

For 500 points

Sketch a graph of a Sea-Doo that is moving with a constant positive velocity.

What is: Y

X

Y= displacement (m)X= time (s)

For 100 points

Write HOW FAR in a math sentence for this jogger.

What is Δx

=? ?

For 200 points

Write INITIAL VELOCITY in a math sentence with the

scenario of a kangaroo hopping from rest.

What is vi = 0 m/s?

For 300 points

Write FINAL VELOCITY in a math sentence with the scenario

of a bus coming to a stop at a cross walk.

What is vf = 0 m/s?

For 400 points

Write HOW LONG in a math sentence.

What is Δt = ?

For 500 points

Write Δv = 0 m/s, in an English sentence.

What is constant velocity?

A tiger starting from rest accelerates at 3.0

m/s2 for 5 seconds. Find its final velocity.

What is 15 m/s?