Unit 1: Forces & Motion Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: ______ is a push or pull.

• Force

• Energy

• Friction

• Mass

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Fill in the blank: ______ are EQUAL forces, do not change speed or direction.

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Frictional forces

• Gravitational forces

Fill in the blank: ______ are UNEQUAL forces, do change speed or direction.

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

• Frictional forces

• Magnetic forces

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Fill in the blank: ______ is resistance to change in motion (objects will do what they are doing until a force acts upon it).

• Inertia

• Velocity

• Friction

• Momentum

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Fill in the blank: ______ is a change in speed or direction.

• Acceleration

• Friction

• Mass

• Distance

Fill in the blank: ______ is how much motion something has. It depends on how heavy something is and how fast it’s moving. The more momentum something has, the harder it is to stop.

• Momentum

• Friction

• Gravity

• Energy

Fill in the blank: ______ is the force that pulls objects down towards Earth's surface.

• Gravity

• Friction

• Magnetism

• Electricity

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Fill in the blank: ______ is a change in position over time.

• Motion

• Friction

• Energy

• Temperature

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Fill in the blank: ______ is the distance an object travels over a certain amount of time.

• Speed

• Mass

• Volume

• Temperature

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Fill in the blank: ______ is the way something is moving or pointing.

• Direction

• Temperature

• Volume

• Color