Force and Motion Vocabulary Review

What is an object’s location or place?

• speed

• position

• force

• motion

What is a change in an object’s position compared to objects around it?

• force

• position

• velocity

• motion

What is a measure of the distance an object travels in a certain amount of time?

• velocity

• position

• speed

• direction

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How is speed measured?

• distance/ time

• velocity/ time

• miels/ velocity

• time/ velocity

What tells you which way an object is moving?

• speed

• direction

• velocity

• gravity

What is a measure of speed in a certain direction?

• force

• speed

• direction

• velocity

What is the push or pull that cause objects to change their motion?

• force

• motion

• velocity

• speed

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What is a force that slows or stops motion between two surfaces that touch each other?

• pull

• velocity

• push

• friction

What kind of surface creates more friction?

• rough

• smooth

• transparent

• translucent

What kind of surface creates less friction?

• smooth

• rough

• translucent

• transparent