Chapter 11: How Things Move Vocabulary Quiz

The place where something is

• position

• motion

• speed

A change in the position of an object

• position

• motion

• speed

How far something moves in a certain amount of time

• position

• motion

• speed

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A push or pull

• force

• gravity

• friction

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A force that pulls down on everything on Earth

• force

• gravity

• friction

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A force that slows down moving things

• force

• gravity

• friction

A tool that changes the size or the direction of a force

• simple machine

• lever

• fulcrum

• ramp

A bar that moves against an unmoving point

• simple machine

• lever

• fulcrum

• ramp

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The unmoving point that a lever moves against

• simple machine

• lever

• fulcrum

• ramp

A surface that is straight and slanted

• simple machine

• lever

• fulcrum

• ramp

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