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Gravity and Physics Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is gravity?

a)

The force that pulls objects together

b)

The force that pushes objects apart

2.

What is Acceleration?

a)

How long it takes me to win at fortnite

b)

The direction of an object

c)

A change in Motion

d)

How fast something is moving

3.

To find an object´s average speed , divide the distance the object moves by the total ________ spent moving .

a)

gravity

b)

time

c)

acceleration

d)

velocity

4.

_________ combines both the speed and the direction an object is moving .

a)

Energy

b)

Acceleration

c)

Gravity

d)

Velocity

5.

Any change in the speed or direction of an object´s motion is ___________ .

a)

velocity

b)

capacity

c)

gravity

d)

acceleration

6.

Speed measures how fast an object ________ .

a)

rises

b)

moves

c)

flows

d)

creates

7.
What is a force?
a)
the PUSH or PULL on an object 
b)
The MOTION an object creates
c)
The objects HITTING one another
d)
Going REALLY FAST
8.

What is g-force?

a)

The force exerted on an object by Earth's gravity at sea level (even with the surface of Earth's oceans), commonly expressed as 'g's'

b)

A team of elite military soldiers that hunt down aliens from outer space

c)

How hard gravity pushes objects away from Earth.

d)

Gravity on Mars.

9.
Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.
a)
similar
b)
opposite
c)
parallel
d)
west
10.

Energy is defined as the ability to do

a)

events

b)

friction

c)

explosions

d)

work

11.

When you do work on an object, some of your energy is ________________ to that object.

a)

greater

b)

transferred

c)

less

d)

kilograms

12.

_ is what is done whenever a force makes an object move some distance.

a)

work

b)

force

c)

energy

13.

A _ is a push or a pull.

a)

force

b)

energy

c)

work

14.

force:

a)

can change the way an object moves

b)

can cause a still object to begin moving

c)

can change the speed or distance of a moving object

d)

all of the above (all of these)

15.

_ is used whenever work is done.

a)

work

b)

energy

c)

force