Quiz about Force and Motion Vocabulary

Question 1

The girls in this picture represent ________ forces.

Accepted Answer

balanced

Answer

kinetic

Answer

unbalanced

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chemical

Question 2

______________________ is any push or pull on an object.

Accepted Answer

Force

Answer

Mass

Answer

Gravity

Answer

Air Resistance

Question 3

A _________ uses force to move an object towards you.

Accepted Answer

Pull

Answer

Push

Answer

Motion

Answer

Force

Question 4

A ________ uses force to move an object away from you.

Accepted Answer

Push

Answer

Pull

Answer

Gravity

Answer

Motion

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

friction

Answer

acceleration

Answer

gravity

Question 6

The change in a objects position is________.

Accepted Answer

Motion

Answer

Force

Answer

Reaction

Answer

movement

Question 7

The force that pulls all objects toward each other is called_______?

Accepted Answer

gravity

Answer

push

Answer

pull

Answer

mass

Question 8

A push or pull that causes an object. to move

Accepted Answer

Force

Answer

Gravity

Answer

Friction

Answer

Lubricant

Question 9

What pulls a ball back to earth?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Answer

Gas

Answer

Friction

Answer

Molecules

Question 10

What is a measure of the distance an object travels in a certain amount of time?

Accepted Answer

speed

Answer

velocity

Answer

position

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direction

Question 11

What tells you which way an object is moving?

Accepted Answer

direction

Answer

speed

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velocity

Answer

gravity

Question 12

When an object in not in motion, or when it has stopped

Accepted Answer

at rest

Answer

push

Answer

roll

Answer

balanced

Question 13

not equal in strength. When the forces exerted on opposite sides of an object are ____ the object's motion changes

Accepted Answer

unbalanced

Answer

balanced

Answer

contact

Answer

direction

Question 14

What is an example of Push motion?

Accepted Answer

Hammering a nail into a piece of wood.

Answer

Lifting a gallon of water.

Answer

Plucking the string of a guitar.

Answer

Opening a drawer.

Question 15

What is an example of Pull motion?

Accepted Answer

Removing a plug.

Answer

Kicking a ball.

Answer

Walking with a grocery cart.

Answer

Typing in a keyboard.

Question 16

when 2 equal forces act in opposite directions the result is that forms are equal and there is no change.

Accepted Answer

balanced forces

Answer

friction

Answer

unbalanced forces

Answer

force

Question 17

a force that attracts things to Earth.

Accepted Answer

gravity

Answer

force

Answer

inertia

Answer

motion

Question 18

Until a force happens, objects at rest will stay at rest and objects in motion will stay in motion.

Accepted Answer

Inertia

Answer

balanced forces

Answer

friction

Answer

gravity

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