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How Do You Stop a Moving Train?

A Physics Book About Forces

Lucy D. HayesSeries: How Do?
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Pages
34
Year
2021
Language
English
Publisher
Flowerpot Press

About

Have you ever wondered how astronauts float in space or how your pizza gets from your plate to your mouth?

Basic principles of physics are explored through diagrams, photos, and informative and engaging text in this newest addition to the How Do series.

In How Do You Stop a Moving Train?, readers will learn:

The difference between distance and displacement

Formulas for measuring distance, speed, and time

What acceleration is and how to calculate it

How objects move using force and how they stop using friction

Gravitational forces and how they are affected by the size of an object

Related Subjects

  • General
  • Mathematics
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • How Things Work-Are Made
  • Technology
  • Physics
  • Science & Nature

Extended Details

  • Lexile910L
  • SeriesHow Do?

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Lucy D. HayesAuthor
Madeline J. HayesAuthor