Force and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

A force between two surfaces that are sliding or trying to slide across each other.

• motion

• force

• friction

The force that pulls objects together.

• force

• friction

• gravity

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A push or pull in a particular direction.

• motion

• force

• gravity

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Using force to move an object away from you.

• push

• friction

• motion

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A change in position.

• motion

• force

• pull

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Using force to move an object toward you.

• gravity

• pull

• motion

What happens when you shoot the basketball into the hoop?

• push

• force

• friction

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There is not a lot of ________ which allows the tube to go down the snowy hill very fast.

• gravity

• friction

• pull

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The boys _________ the rope toward themselves to win the game.

• push

• pull

• force