Chapter 1 Forces & Motion

What is motion?

• A change in position
• fast
• slow
• a pull

The location of an object, or its place is called ______________________.

• motion
• positon
• speed
• gravity

What is speed?

• The pull of gravity
• A push
• The rate at which an object changes its position
• A pull

What is a push or a pull?

• motion
• gravity
• speed
• force

What is a noncontact force that pulls objects toward one another?

• pull
• force
• gravity
• speed

What word means the same as position?

• speed
• location
• motion
• speed

What would happen if more force were applied to a wagon?  The force acts in the same direction that the wagon is moving.

• The wagon would slow down
• The wagon would move faster
• Nothing would happen
• The wagon would stop

What would happen if a basketball was headed toward you, and you hit the basketball back?

• Nothing would happen
• The basketball would move faster
• The basketball would deflate
• The basketball would move in a different direction

What ALWAYS changes when an object is in motion?

• its position
• its direction
• its mass
• its speed

Which would make a kickball roll faster?

• increase the ball's weight
• increase the ball's mass
• apply a great force
• increase the distance the ball rolls