Savvas Physical Science Unit 3 Test (print form)

A push or a pull are examples of

• force

• motion

• weight

• mass

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

The change in a objects position is________.

• Force

• Motion

• Reaction

• Movement

What Unit do we Measure Force in? 

• Newtons
• Joules
• Force
• Kilograms

What force holds the planets in motion around the sun?

• Magnetic
• Electrical
• Gravitational
• Air Resistance

An Orange falls off a tree and lands on the ground. What force caused the orange to fall?

• friction

• heat

• gravity

• wind

The ability to do work or cause change:

• work

• energy

• momentum

• power

Energy in the form of motion.

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• momentum

Stored energy in the form of position or condition.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• momentum

• mechanical energy

What is mechanical energy?

• total kinetic energy

• the energy of motion

• total kinetic and potential energy

• temperature plus heat