Force and Motion Vocabulary

What is the location of an object called?

• Distance

• Position

• Motion

• Speed

What is the length of a line between two points known as?

• Distance

• Direction

• Force

• Mass

What term describes the change in an object's position?

• Speed

• Motion

• Inertia

• Weight

What is the path that a moving object follows called?

• Direction

• Acceleration

• Gravity

• Friction

What measures how far an object moves in a certain amount of time?

• Mass

• Speed

• Momentum

• Time

What is a graph that shows data as a line on a grid called?

• Bar graph

• Line graph

• Pie chart

• Scatter plot

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What is a push or pull known as?

• Force

• Inertia

• Weight

• Acceleration

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What is the amount of matter that makes up an object?

• Mass

• Volume

• Density

• Weight

What is anything that has mass and takes up space?

• Energy

• Matter

• Force

• Speed

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What force pulls objects toward each other?

• Friction

• Gravity

• Air resistance

• Momentum

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