Force and Motion vocab pre/post test

What is the definition of "Force"?

• A force that pulls down towards the center

• A push or a pull

• A force of attraction to a magnet

• A force that resists motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the definition of "Magnetism"?

• A force that pulls down towards the center

• A push or a pull

• A force of attraction to a magnet

• A force that resists motion

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-3

What is the definition of "Friction"?

• A force that pulls down towards the center

• A push or a pull

• A force of attraction to a magnet

• A force that resists motion

What is the definition of "Gravity"?

• A force that pulls down towards the center

• A push or a pull

• A force of attraction to a magnet

• A force that resists motion

Tags

NGSS.5-PS2-1

"Attract" means

• to push objects away

• A noncontact force of attraction between 2 objects

• a force that pulls together or pushes apart certain metal objects

• to pull objects closer

"Motion" is

• a force that pushes or pulls an object by touching it

• a contact force that pushes against objects in motion

• a change in position

A "contact force" is

• the effect one object has on another object

• a change in position

• a force that pushes or pulls ab object by touching the object

• a force that acts on an object without touching the object

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

"Repel" means

• to pull towards

• to push away

• the parts of a magnet with the strongest magnetic force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

"Noncontact force" means

• to pull objects closer

• a force that acts on an object without touching the object

• a force that pulls together or pushes apart certain metal objects

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

"Distance" is

• a push or pull

• the act of moving

• how much ground an object has covered in its motion