Matter, Forces, and Energy

What is a force?

• direct

• contact

• static

• A push or a pull

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Which force is responsible for the grinding and wearing away of rock as a glacier moves over it?

• Compression

• Shear

• Tension

• Friction

two teams playing tug of war

• field

• contact

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Gravity gives things

• volume

• mass

• weight

What is the type of force that acts on objects that are separated by distance?

• contact

• field

• magnetic

• electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Type of force that pushes or pulls on another object by touching it

• contact
• gravitational
• field
• fundamental

Matter is defined as anything that...

• can be seen and has density.

• is organic and uniform.

• responds to gravity and has color.

• occupies space and has mass.

Sweetened tea would be an example of a...

• pure substance.

• condensate.

• mixture.

• plasma.

A substance's state of matter is most directly affected by its...

• electrical charge

• field force

• atomic number

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of these is a field force?

• compression

• magnetism

• friction

• shear

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5