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Force and Motion Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The girls in this picture represent ________ forces. 
a)
kinetic
b)
balanced
c)
unbalanced
d)
chemical
2.
______________________ is any push or pull on an object.
a)
Force
b)
Mass
c)
Gravity
d)
Air Resistance
3.
A _________ uses force to move an object towards you. 
a)
Pull
b)
Push
c)
Motion
d)
Force
4.
A ________ uses force to move an object away from you. 
a)
Push
b)
Pull
c)
Gravity
d)
Motion
5.
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
6.
The change in a objects position is________.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Reaction
d)
movement
7.
The force that pulls all objects toward each other is called_______?
a)
push
b)
pull
c)
gravity
d)
mass
8.

A push or pull that causes an object. to move

a)

Force

b)

Gravity

c)

Friction

d)

Lubricant

9.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
10.

What is an object’s location or place?

a)

speed

b)

position

c)

force

d)

motion

11.

What is a change in an object’s position compared to objects around it?

a)

force

b)

position

c)

velocity

d)

motion

12.

What is a measure of the distance an object travels in a certain amount of time?

a)

velocity

b)

position

c)

speed

d)

direction

13.

What tells you which way an object is moving?

a)

speed

b)

direction

c)

velocity

d)

gravity

14.

When an object in not in motion, or when it has stopped

a)

at rest

b)

push

c)

roll

d)

balanced

15.

not equal in strength. When the forces exerted on opposite sides of an object are ____ the object's motion changes

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

c)

contact

d)

direction

16.

What is an example of Push motion?

a)

Hammering a nail into a piece of wood.

b)

Lifting a gallon of water.

c)

Plucking the string of a guitar.

d)

Opening a drawer.

17.

What is an example of Pull motion?

a)

Kicking a ball.

b)

Removing a plug.

c)

Walking with a grocery cart.

d)

Typing in a keyboard.

18.

when 2 equal forces act in opposite directions the result is that forms are equal and there is no change.

a)

friction

b)

balanced forces

c)

unbalanced forces

d)

force

19.

a force that attracts things to Earth.

a)

gravity

b)

force

c)

inertia

d)

motion

20.

Until a force happens, objects at rest will stay at rest and objects in motion will stay in motion.

a)

Inertia

b)

balanced forces

c)

friction

d)

gravity