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Force and Motion Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is motion?

a)

The change in an object's position

b)

Any push or pull on an object

c)

The ability to do something

d)

Stored energy

2.

What is speed?

a)

Newton's Third Law

b)

Energy of motion

c)

The rate at which an object changes position (how fast or slow the object moves)

d)

None of the above

3.

What is velocity?

a)

The ability to do something.

b)

A force that acts when two surfaces rub together.

c)

Newton's Second Law

d)

The speed and the direction of an object.

4.

Any push or pull on an object......

a)

Force

b)

Work

c)

Gravity

d)

Motion

5.

What is friction?

a)

Newton's Third Law

b)

A force that acts when two surfaces rub together.

c)

Energy of motion

d)

Gravity

6.

The force that makes objects pull toward each other is.......

a)

Speed

b)

None of the above

c)

Gravity

d)

Vector

7.

What is work?

a)

Speed

b)

All of the above

c)

Doing the same thing over and over again.

d)

The ability to do something.

8.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

Any push or pull

b)

Stored energy

c)

Inertia

d)

Energy of motion

9.

What is stored energy called?

a)

Speed

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Force

d)

Kinetic Energy

10.

An object in motion will stay in motion unless an _______ is applied?

Which Law of Motion is this?

a)

Rest

Newton's Second Law

b)

external force

Newton's First Law

c)

None of the above

d)

internal force

Newton's Third Law

11.

What does Newton's Second Law of Motion state?

a)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

b)

It states that an object at rest always stays at rest.

c)

None of the above.

d)

The greater the mass of an object being accelerated, the greater he amount of force needed.

12.

For every action there is an __________ reaction?

Which Law of Motion is this?

a)

Opposite

Newton's Third Law

b)

Equal and opposite

Newton's Third Law

c)

Same

Newton's First Law

d)

Nothing happens