Vocabulary

What is the correct definition of force?

• A change of position of an object?

• A push or pull, which may cause a change in an object's motion

• Forces that cancel each other out because they are equal in size and opposite direction

• Forces that cause a change in an object's motion because they don't cancel each other out

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-3

What is the correct definition of balanced forces?

• Forces that cause a change in an object's motion because they don't cancel each other out

• Energy caused by the movement of electric charges

• Energy that is stored in matter and that can be released by a chemical reaction (ex. a battery)

• Foces that cancel each other out because they are equal in size and opposite direction

Which of the following best describes what happens when unbalanced forces act on an object?

• The object doe not move?

• The object moves or changes direction

• The forces cancel each other out

• The object becomes heavier

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the correct definition of motion?

• A change of position of an object

• The movement of energy from place to place from one object to another

• A push or pull, which may cause a change in an object's motion

• The flow of electrically charged particles

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What determines how fast or slow an object moves?

• The color of the object

• The size of the object

• The shape of the object

• The amount of force applied to the object

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the correct definition of electrical energy?

• Energy caused by the movement of electric charges

• Energy that is stored in matter (ex. battery

• The movement of energy from place to place from one object to another

Which of the following is an example of an energy transformation?

• A ball staying still on the ground

• A pencil being used to write on paper

• A flashlight turning chemical energy into light energy

• A chair being pushed across the floor

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

What is the correct definition of chemical energy?

• Energy that is stored in matter (ex. battery)

• Energy that lets you see

• energy thats caused by the movement of electric charges

• Energry of motion

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-1

What is the correct definition of absorption?

• The bouncing back of light

• The taking in of light

• The bending of light

• Light travels in a straight line

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the correct definition of reflection?

• The bending of light when light passes through a new medium

• Light travels in a straight line

• The taking in of light

• The bouncing back of light