Download Honors 8 Grade Physical Science: Motion and Forces Unit Essential

Honors 8th Grade Physical Science:
Motion and Forces
Unit Essential Question:
How are force, motion, and energy related?
Velocity
And
Acceleration
Newton’s
Three Laws
Forces
LEQ:
LEQ:
LEQ:
1. How are speed, velocity,
and acceleration related?
2. How do you calculate
speed/velocity and
acceleration?
3. How can speed, velocity
and acceleration be
interpreted with the use
of graphs?
1. How does force affect
motion?
2. What forces cause
objects to change their
motion?
1. How do Newton’s laws
explain the principles of
force and motion?
2. How is momentum
related to each of
Newton’s 3 laws?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Distance
Displacement
Speed
Velocity
Average speed
Instantaneous speed
Acceleration
Deceleration
Force
Newton
Net force
Balanced force
Unbalanced force
4 types of Friction
Terminal velocity
Air resistance
Projectile motion
Centripetal force
Gravity
Weight
Inertia
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
Momentum
Law of Conservation of
Momentum
Forces in
Fluids
LEQ:
1. How do fluids exert
pressure?
2. Why do objects float
according to Archimedes
Principle?
3. How do hydraulics work
according to Pascal’s
Principle?
4. How is fluid pressure
related to the motion of a
fluid according to
Bernoulli’s Principle?
Vocabulary:
Fluid
Buoyant force
Density
Pressure
Pascal
Honors 8th Grade Physical Science:
Simple Machines and Energy
Unit Essential Question:
How are force, motion, and energy related?
Work
and
Simple Machines
Forms of Energy
Transfer of Energy
Thermal Energy
LEQ:
LEQ:
LEQ:
1. When is work done on an
object?
2. How are work and power
related?
3. How do mechanical
advantage and efficiency
relate to simple machines
making tasks easier?
1. How are work, power,
and energy related?
2. What are the major forms
of energy?
3. What factors influence
the potential and kinetic
energy of an object?
4. How are Kinetic and
Potential Energy related?
1. How is energy conserved
when changing from one
form to another?
2. What are examples of
energy transformations?
1. How is thermal energy
related to temperature
and heat?
2. How is thermal energy
transferred?
3. In what direction does
heat move?
4. How are conductors and
insulators different?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Work
Joule
Power
Watt
Machine
Efficiency
Input
Output
Mechanical advantage
Inclined plane
Wedge
Screw
Lever (1st, 2nd, 3rd class)
Fulcrum
Wheel & axle Pulley
Compound machine
Energy
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Gravitational PE
Elastic PE
Mechanical energy
Thermal energy
Electrical energy
Chemical (potential) energy
Nuclear energy
Electromagnetic energy
Solar energy
LEQ:
Vocabulary:
Energy Transformation
Law of Conservation of
Energy
Vocabulary:
Temperature
Heat
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conductor
Insulator