5th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz

What is gravity?

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

What does friction refer to?

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

• Change in velocity with respect to time.

What is mass?

• The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

• Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

What is matter?

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

• A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

What is force?

• Change in velocity with respect to time.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another, causing a change in motion.

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• A change in the position of an object compared to another object.

What is motion?

• A change in the position of an object compared to another object.

• Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

• The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

What is momentum?

• Strength or speed of movement.

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• Change in velocity with respect to time.

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

What is acceleration?

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• Change in velocity with respect to time.

• A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

• A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

What is velocity?

• Change in velocity with respect to time.

• The speed and direction of a moving object.

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

What is inertia?

• The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion.

• The continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air.

• The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

• Water that is released from clouds in the sky.