Force and Motion

During an experiment, students applied an equal force to push each box pictured below. If they pushed all of the boxes on the same surface for same amount of time, which box will MOST LIKELY move the greatest distance?

• F. 30 kg

• G. 15 kg

• H. 150 kg

• J. 40 kg

By changing the surface over which the car rolls from sandpaper to wax paper, you might be able to test the effect of what force?

• Magnetism

• Wind

• Air Resistance

• Friction

The change in a objects position is________.

• Force

• Motion

• Reaction

What would you be measuring if you had the object's speed and direction

• momentum

• velocity

• force

• weight

Newton's second law states that greater the mass the more _________ will be needed to move the object.

• power

• force

• distance

• speed

______________________ is any push or pull on an object.

• Force
• Mass
• Gravity
• Air Resistance

If these teams are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?

• The boy in blue will win.
• They will not move at all.
• The boy in red will win.
• Both will fall down.

If I kick a soccer ball across the field, what vocabulary word tells me why the ball would slow down in the grass?

• acceleration
• friction
• gravity

If a speed boat is traveling at a constant rate and hits a large wave, how would the boat respond?

• It would keep going straight

• it would go backward a bit

• It would go forward a bit

• It would stop

Changing the location of an object from one place to another.

• acceleration

• motion

• force

• push