Force and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

Cause

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

• to apply a force

• to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Collision

• the moment when two objects hit each other

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• speed in a particular direction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Effect

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

• the moment when two objects hit each other

• a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Equal

• different in quantity, size, degree, or value

• acting or going in the reverse direction

• acting or going in the same direction

• the same in quantity, size, degree, or value

Exert

• to apply a force

• to receive a force

• the same in quantity, size, degree, or value

• different in quantity, size, degree, or value

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Force

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

• how fast an object is moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Friction

• a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• the amount of matter that makes up an object

• a force between an object and the surface it is moving over

• how fast an object is moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Infer

• a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• to apply a force

• acting or going in the reverse direction

• to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Kinetic energy

• the energy that an object has because it is moving

• energy that is stored in an object

• a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• the amount of matter that makes up an object

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Mass

• the amount of matter that makes up an object

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• how heavy an object is

• a self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel that can be detached for a particular function