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Energy, Motion, and Forces Vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to cause change.

a)

Energy

b)

Work

c)

Force

d)

Velocity

2.

The Energy of Motion

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Vector

3.

Stored energy that an object has due to its position, condition, or chemical composition.

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Positional Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

4.

Kinetic Energy PLUS the potential energy due to position.

a)

Inertia

b)

Situational Energy

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

5.

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed.

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Law of Conservation of Energy

d)

Transformational Energy

6.

The location of an object

a)

Velocity

b)

Vector

c)

Referral Point

d)

Position

7.

Location to which other locations are compared.

a)

Vector

b)

Reference Point

c)

Referral Point

d)

Position

8.

Change in position over time.

a)

Motion

b)

Speed

c)

Velocity

d)

Velociraptor

9.

Speed

a)

Measure of how far something traveled.

b)

Measure of how fast something is going.

c)

Measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time.

d)

A point of reference in a given amount of time.

10.

A quantity that has both size (magnitude) and direction.

a)

Velocity

b)

Vector

c)

Viper

d)

Vicinity

11.

Speed in a specific direction.

a)

Vector

b)

Viscosity

c)

Velocity

d)

Velocountry

12.

Rate at which velocity changes.

a)

Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Acclimation

d)

Magnitude

13.

Acceleration in a circular motion.

a)

Positive Acceleration

b)

Negative Acceleration

c)

Centripetal Acceleration

d)

Nonparallel

Vectors

14.

A push or a pull.

a)

Force

b)

Newton

c)

Friction

d)

Vector

15.

Combination of all forces acting on an object.

a)

Net Force

b)

Balanced Force

c)

Unbalanced Force

d)

Set Force

16.

An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion maintains its velocity unless it experiences an unbalanced force.

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

d)

Newton's Fourth Law of Motion

17.

Tendency of all objects to resist any change in motion.

a)

Gravity

b)

Friction

c)

Inertia

d)

Force

18.

The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and teh amount of force applied. F=ma

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

d)

Newton's Fourth Law of Motion

19.

Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first. (All forces act in pairs).

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

d)

Newton's Fourth Law of Motion

20.

Force of attraction between objects due to their mass.

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Velocity

d)

Gravity

21.

When gravity is pulling something down and no other forces are acting on it.

a)

Weight

b)

Free Fall

c)

Mass

d)

Friction

22.

Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction.

a)

Balanced Forces

b)

Unbalanced Forces

c)

Net Forces

d)

Not this

23.

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

a)

Mass

b)

Temperature

c)

Weight

d)

Vector

24.

The force exerted per unit area.

a)

Acceleration

b)

Inertia

c)

Velocity

d)

Pressure

25.

To force away or apart.

a)

Repel

b)

Attract

c)

Manipulate

d)

Friction