Forces & Motion 5.P.1.1, 5.P.1.2, 5.P.1.3, and 5.P.1.4

Front

What should a student intentionally change to investigate how surface affects the speed of a rolling object?

Back

The material on which the toy car rolls

Front

Which two tools should be used together to measure speed?

Back

Clock and a measuring tape

Front

A train is moving along a track. If the forces acting on the train are balanced, how will its motion be affected?

Back

Continue, unchanged

Front

A force that occurs when an object rubs against another object

Back

friction

Front

Something that makes an object start moving, stop moving, speed up, or slow down is a(n) .

Back

force

Front

The tendency of an object to stay in motion or at rest until a force acts upon it is

Back

inertia

Front

What is most responsible for causing a wagon to stop when a child rides it down a hill?

Back

friction acting on the wagon

Front

Determine which student used the most force to push a heavy ball by comparing: sizes of the students, ages of the students, distances the ball rolled, number of times the ball was rolled.

Back

Compare the distances that the ball rolled.

Front

What moves a pencil toward the floor when it falls off a desk?

Back

gravity

Front

Which ball would require the most force to stop its motion? Options: ball with a mass of 5 kg, ball with a mass of 10 kg, ball with a mass of 15 kg, ball with a mass of 20 kg

Back

ball with a mass of 20 kg