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Balancing Forces Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ is information that helps explain or answer a question.

a)

evidence

b)

force

c)

investigate

d)

observe

2.

A _______________ is a push or pull.

a)

evidence

b)

diagram

c)

force

d)

attract

3.

When we want to learn more about something, we should

a)

force

b)

push

c)

repel

d)

investigate

4.

When we use any of our 5 senses to gather information we are

a)

observing

b)

using a touching force

c)

diagramming

d)

forcing

5.

A ___________ makes two objects move closer together.

a)

pull

b)

investigation

c)

model

d)

push

6.

A __________ makes two objects move further apart.

a)

piece of evidence

b)

observation

c)

push

d)

train

7.

A _____________ is an illustration that explains how something works or what its parts are.

a)

magnet

b)

diagram

c)

book

d)

train

8.

A ____________ is an object that pulls on some kinds of metal and pushes and pulls on other magnets, without even touching them!

a)

magnet

b)

pull

c)

push

d)

force

9.

A force that acts between objects that are not touching each other is a

a)

push

b)

magnet

c)

touching force

d)

non-touching force

10.

A _____________ force is a force that acts between objects that are touching each other.

a)

push

b)

attract

c)

touching

d)

repel

11.

To ____________ is to pull an object without touching it.

a)

push

b)

repel

c)

attract

d)

pul

12.

A _____________________ is the push or pull between two magnets, or the pull of a magnet on some kinds of metal.

a)

magnetic force

b)

touching force

c)

evidence

d)

diagram

13.

A ____________ is something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

a)

model

b)

repel

c)

vocabulary

d)

data

14.

_____________ is information collected in an ivestigation.

a)

model

b)

attract

c)

data

d)

predict

15.

Using what you already know to make a guess about what will happen is to ________________.

a)

attract

b)

predict

c)

data

d)

repel

16.

To push an object without even touching it is to __________________.

a)

investigate

b)

force

c)

attract

d)

repel

17.

When you describe how something works or why something happens, you _____________.

a)

investigate

b)

observe

c)

predict

d)

explain

18.

These two magnets will ___________.

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

break

d)

observe

19.

These two magnets will ________.

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

investigate

d)

diagram

20.

These two magnets will repel. A _____________ force makes the repel without even touching!

a)

investigation

b)

magnetic

c)

diagramming

d)

pole