Force and Motion Questions

This word means any push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change speed, or direction.

• Force

• Friction

• Gravity

• Machine

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 An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless what happens?

• Nothing

• A force acts on it

• It grows leaves

What forces are being acted upon the cart in this image?

• Pushing

• Pulling

• Friction

• Gravity

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How do you change an object’s velocity?

• Machine

• With speed

• a force will change the velocity of an object.

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Match the following descriptions with the correct terms.

• The action or process of moving or being moved

• motion

• A push or pull on an object

• gravity

• An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change

• force

• The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth

• variable

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Force is a ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   on an object

• simple

• up

• in

• push

• pull

• complex

• down

• out

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A force is a ​ ​ (a)   or pull that can start, stop, or change the direction of an object's motion. 

• push

• pull

• force

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The main reason a baseball comes down when a boy tosses it up into the air is​ (a)    —

• Gravity pulling down

• Gravity pushing into the air

• magnetism pulling down

• magnetism pushing the ball

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The more massive an object, the (a)   affect a certain force will have on the object.

• less

• more

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​ (a)   is a ​ (b)   that can set objects in ​ (c)  

• Gravity

• force

• motion.

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