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Force and Motion Vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
______________________ is any push or pull on an object.
a)
Force
b)
Mass
c)
Gravity
d)
Air Resistance
2.
A _________ uses force to move an object towards you. 
a)
Pull
b)
Push
c)
Motion
d)
Force
3.

A ________ uses force to move an object away from you.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Gravity

d)

Motion

4.

Which tells POSITION?

a)

45 mph

b)

to the left of the table and under a light

c)

80 km

5.

What is the meaning of acceleration?

a)

any change in the speed or direction of an object

b)

where an object is located

c)

the pull of gravity on an object

6.
Which tells the VELOCITY of an object?
a)
75 mph
b)
75 mph traveling south
7.
Which scientist gave us the laws of motion?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Sir Isaac Newton
8.
If I kick a soccer ball across the field, what vocabulary word tells me why the ball would slow down in the grass?
a)
acceleration
b)
friction
c)
gravity
9.
_____ is how fast an object moves in a specific direction.
a)
velocity
b)
speed
c)
displacement
d)
distance
10.
_____is a change in the velocity of an object.
a)
Direction
b)
Speed
c)
Displacement
d)
Acceleration
11.
Acceleration can be a change in speed or _____ or both.
a)
direction
b)
time
c)
vector
d)
distance
12.

to pull toward

a)

attract

b)

motion

c)

push

d)

repel

13.

something that stays the same in an experiment to make things "fair"

a)

variable

b)

hypothesis

c)

friction

d)

constant

14.

the tendency of an object to resist any change in motion

a)

variable

b)

Newton's Third Law

c)

force

d)

inertia

15.

a change in position

a)

motion

b)

Newton's Second Law

c)

potential energy

d)

gravity

16.

force that pulls object to the Earth

a)

repel

b)

magnetism

c)

gravity

d)

variable

17.

every action has an equal and opposite reaction

a)

kinetic energy

b)

repel

c)

attract

d)

Newton's Third Law

18.

to push away

a)

repel

b)

attract

c)

speed

d)

trials

19.

an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by another force

a)

conclusion

b)

motion

c)

inertia

d)

Newton's First Law

20.

something with greater mass will take more force to stop or start

a)

magnetism

b)

Newton's Second Law

c)

reliability

d)

spring scale

21.

Forces affect the motion of an object.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A balanced force has a net force of ____.

a)

More than 0 Newtons

b)

0 N

c)

More than 0 Newtons

23.

Unbalanced forces cause NO change in the motion of an object.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

A type of force that occurs when an object is moving through the air.

a)

Friction

b)

Air Resistance

c)

Gravity

25.

_________ is the amount of matter in an object.

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Gravity

d)

Volume

26.

_________ is the amount of force of gravity pulling on an object.

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Gravity

d)

Volume

27.

What is the unit used to measure the mass of an object?

a)

Newtons

b)

Grams

c)

Liters

d)

Pounds

28.

What unit do we use in science to measure the weight of an object?

a)

Mass

b)

Pounds

c)

Units

d)

Newtons

29.

What unit is used to measure the force acting on an object?

a)

SI

b)

Newtons

c)

Grams

d)

Centimeters

30.

There are NO forces acting on a object that is not moving.

a)

True

b)

False