Force and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

What are equal forces?

• Forces that have different strengths

• Forces that have the same strength

• Forces that push against objects in motion

• Forces that attract two objects.

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Frictional force is a contact force that ______ against objects in motion.

• pulls

• pushes

• attracts

• repels

Which of the following is a noncontact force of attraction between two objects?

• Frictional force

• Gravitational force

• Equal forces

• Kinetic energy

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Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its ______.

• A) position

• B) motion

• C) shape

• D) color

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Potential energy is the ______ energy an object has.

• stored

• moving

• kinetic

• frictional

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What are unequal forces?

• Forces that have the same strength

• Forces that have different strengths

• Forces that attract two objects

• Forces that push against objects in motion.

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Which force acts in the opposite direction to motion and slows down moving objects?

• Gravitational force

• Magnetic force

• Frictional force

• Electrostatic force

What is the term for the energy an object possesses due to its motion?

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

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Person ​ (a)   will go down faster because, there is ​ (b)   friction.

• A
• less
• B
• More

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Which type of energy is associated with an object's position in a gravitational field?

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

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