Forces and Patterns of Motion Vocabulary Quiz

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

• Force
• Motion
• Balanced Forces
• Unbalanced Forces

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2.) Forces that causes a change in an object's motion because they don't cancel each other.

• Force
• Motion
• Balanced Forces
• Unbalanced Forces

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3.) A change of position of an object.

• Force
• Motion
• Balanced Forces
• Unbalanced Forces

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4.) Forces that cancel each other out because they are equal in size and opposite in direction.

• Force
• Motion
• Balanced Forces
• Unbalanced Forces

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5.) A force that slows or stops motion when objects rub together,

• Force
• Friction
• Motion
• Gravity

The forces acting on the cart are ​ (a)   , causing the cart to move to the ​ (b)  

• unbalanced
• Left
• stay in the same place
• Balanced

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The forces acting on the cart are ​ (a)   , causing the cart to ​ ​ (b)   __​

• balanced
• move to the right
• Unbalanced
• stay in the same place

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If an object is not moving, the forces acting upon it are

(a)  

• unbalanced

• weak

• balanced

• strong

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A ​ (a)   is when the forces acting on an object are not equal.

• unbalanced force
• balanced force

• gravity

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Match the following

• Parked Car

• Unbalanced

• A ball rolling down a hill

• Unbalanced

• A teacher sitting at her desk

• Balanced

• Water bottle on a desk

• Balanced

• A skate boarder riding downhill

• Balanced

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