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Friction and drag bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Force opposing relative motion of surfaces that touch
    Item
    Friction
  2. Clue
    Friction acting while the surfaces are not yet sliding
    Item
    Static
  3. Clue
    Friction acting once the surfaces are sliding on each other
    Item
    Kinetic
  4. Clue
    Contact force acting at right angles to the surface
    Item
    Normal force
  5. Clue
    Number set by the pair of materials in contact
    Item
    Coefficient
  6. Clue
    Resistance of a fluid, growing as the speed squared
    Item
    Drag
  7. Clue
    Steady falling speed reached when drag has met weight
    Item
    Terminal vel
  8. Clue
    Change in length produced when a force is applied
    Item
    Deformation
  9. Clue
    Quantity the atomic drag on a probe tip relates to
    Item
    Shear stress
Instructions
Read each call, tap its term on the board. Three in a line is bingo.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity", section Friction_
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