Unit 3 5.6B Vocabulary

A push or pull that can change

the position and/or motion of an object.

• Force

• Prediction

• Variable

The act of applying force in

order to move something away.

• Gravity

• Push

• Reliability

The act of applying force to

move something toward or with you.

• Pull

• Position

• Friction

The place where something is located; where something has been

put.

• Position

• Control

• Observation

A change in the position of an object.

• Motion

• Friction

• Testable Hypothesis

A force that acts in an

opposite direction to movement

between two surfaces that are in contact

with one another.

• Friction

• Controlled Experiment

• Force

The force that attracts an

object or mass towards the center of the

Earth or towards any other physical

object having mass.

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Valid Conclusion

A force of attraction that

causes magnetic material to move.

• Magnetism

• Prediction

• Pull

The act of using one or

more of your senses to gather information

and taking note of what occurs

• Observation

• Reliability

• Control

An idea that can

be tested by and experiment or observation

• Push

• Testable Hypothesis

• Variable