Basics of Force and Motion

What is a force?

• a laser beam

• a hammer

• any push or pull

• an anchor

What does everything need to get moving?

• electricity

• energy

• force

• gravity

What force slows things down?

• gravity

• friction

• inertia

• ice

There is friction in space.

• True

• False

Larger mass takes more force to slow down.

• True

• False

Weight is different from mass.

• True

• False

The tendency to resist a change in an object's motion is

• inertia

• a balanced force

• work

• an unbalanced force