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Author Kenney, Karen Latchana, author.

Title The science of race cars : studying forces and motion / Karen Latchana Kenney.

Publisher North Mankato, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, An imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2016]

ISBN 9781624039638
1624039634



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Description 32 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm.
Series Title Kenney, Karen Latchana. Science in action.
Science in action
Audience 820L Lexile
Reading Level Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 0.5 180183.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Drafting for speed! -- Forces and motion -- Ready, set, race! -- Engine friction -- Speeding up -- Good grip -- Weight and gravity -- Banked turns -- Air's power -- Lift -- Momentum protection -- Full speed ahead! -- Toy car track.
Summary In this engaging title, young readers learn about the moving form of energy that is motion! The relationship of mass and acceleration is explained, as are the forces of down force, updraft, friction, inertia, centripetal force, and the role of aerodynamics in managing these forces.
Audience 3-4 Baker & Taylor
820 Lexile.
Reading Level Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 0.5 180183
Subject(S) Automobiles, Racing -- Literatures.
Force and energy -- Literatures.
Dynamics -- Literatures.
Motion -- Literatures.
Automobiles, Racing.
Force and energy.
Dynamics.
Motion.
Added Title Studying forces and motion
ISBN 9781624039638
1624039634