Force and Motion

What is motion?

• when two surfaces rub against each other

• The force that keeps your feet on the ground

• the speed at which a moving object travels

• A push or pull

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Which of the statements below is an example of friction?

• sliding down a slide

• pushing on the brakes to slow down your bicycle

• a hover board gliding across a floor

• All of the above

Why do we sometimes want to prevent friction, or have less friction?

• To make it easier to move an object

• To keep an object from moving

• to increase the temperature in the air

• to decrease the temperature in the air

How can friction help you?

• To help you stop your bicycle

• To help you be a better math student

• to help you be better at basketball

• all of the above

The ______________ the force, the more movement it can produce.

• greater

• slower

• smaller

• none of the above

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What is an example of a pull?

• kicking a soccer ball

• tugging on a rope in a game of tug of war

• pushing someone on the swing at recess

• reading a book

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A parent has to ________ a baby stroller to get it to move.

• kick

• swing

• push

• stop

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Rubbing your hands together to warm them is an example of?

• Friction

• magnetism

• gravity

• acceleration

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The distance a ball rolls depends on ___________.

• the amount of force used to push it

• the size of first base

• the surface it travels on

• both the amount of force used to push it and the surface it travels on

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Gravity is a force that helps us to?

• stay in constant motion

• float in space

• lose weight

• keep our feet on the ground