MAAP: Motion and Matter

A baseball is thrown and flies through the air before landing in the grass and rolling.  Which of these is NOT a force that will come in contact with the ball before it stops?

• Gravity
• Magnetism
• Air resistance
• Friction

An object resisting change in motion is _______.

• Inertia
• Acceleration
• Action
• Force

In order for motion to occur, an object must be pushed or pulled by a(n) ________.

• Gravitational Pull
• Interita
• Balanced Force
• Unbalanced Force

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A soccer ball is sitting on the ground, then a girl kicks it. Which statement best describes how the energy of the ball will change immediately after it is kicked?

• Potential energy will increase and kinetic energy will decrease.
• Potential energy will decrease and kinetic energy will increase
• Both potential and kinetic energy will increase.
• Both potential and kinetic energy will decrease.

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While you are ice skating with your friends at the rink, you push off the wall and glide forward. Based on Newton's FIRST law of motion, what is true?

• You will continue to glide across the floor until a force makes you stop.
• Gravity will move you to travel until a friend stops you.
• You will lose your balance and fall
• The size of your skates will determine how fast or slow you travel.

A large steel ship will FLOAT in water, but a small rock will SINK. Which property of matter is best explained by this difference?

• Density
• Mass
• Volume
• Solubility

What happens at the boiling point of water?

• Water begins to turn from a liquid into a gas.
• Water begins to turn from a solid into a gas.
• Water begins to turn from a gas into a liquid.
• Water begins to turn from a solid into a liquid.

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Mass, state of matter, volume, density, conductivity, and solubility are all examples of ________.

• Properties of matter
• Compounds of matter
• Molecules of Subs
• Elements of matter

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Protons are ______

• Postive
• Neutral
• Negative

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Neutrons are _______.

• Postive
• Neutral
• Negative