Forces & Motion Vocabulary

A force is...

• an energy

• a push or a pull

• a scientific process

• a vector

The measurement of how much an object's position has changed (the measurement rom one object to another)...

• force

• position

• distance

• speed

When you change your position, you are in....

• distance

• motion

• force

• energy

The exact location of an object is it's ....

• position

• motion

• force

• energy

Friction is caused when two objects ____.

• dance

• run

• rub

• motion

TRUE or FALSE: Gravity is a force the pulls two objects towards each other.

• True

• False

A ______ is an illustration that is used to indicate the direction and the amount of a force.

• Line

• Power Grid

• Scale

• Vector

Newton is probably best known for his contributions on the three laws of ___________.

• Force

• Energy

• Motion

• Gravity

When an object is in motion, it will continue in that motion unless acted on by an outside force. We call this _______.

• energy

• flowing

• density

• inertia