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Forces and Interactions Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

magnet

a)

something that can be pushed or pulled by magnets

b)

to make materials magnetic

c)

an object that can attract or repel certain materials, often metals

d)

a metal

2.

magnetic

a)

something that can be pushed and pulled by magnets

b)

a push or pull

c)

gravity

d)

an invisible force that resists the motion of an object

3.

magnetize

a)

to attract or repel

b)

to make material magnetic

c)

invisible force that pulls objects down toward earth

d)

to use magnets

4.

pull

a)

what my sister does to my hair

b)

to move an object away from you

c)

to move an object toward you

d)

a push or pull

5.

push

a)

an action that will get me a tally

b)

to move an object toward you

c)

a force that moves in opposite directions

d)

to move an object away from you

6.

force

a)

a push or pull

b)

a push

c)

a pull

d)

something Darth Vader uses to fight the galaxy

7.

balanced forces

a)

two unequal forces that push or pull in the same direction so the object moves

b)

two equal forces that push or pull in opposite directions so that the object doesn't move

c)

a push or a pull

d)

when magnets are touching

8.

unbalanced forces

a)

two forces that push and pull in opposite directions and an object moves

b)

one force that pushes and pulls in the same direction and the object moves

c)

two forces that push and pull in the same direction and the object moves

d)

one force that pushes and pulls in opposite directions and the object doesn't move

9.

motion

a)

moving

b)

standing still

c)

a change in the position of an object

d)

a push or pull

10.

gravity

a)

something you can put on mashed potatoes

b)

a force that can be seen and pulls any object down, toward the Earth

c)

a force that pushes and pulls in opposite directions

d)

an invisible force that pulls any object down, toward the Earth

11.

friction

a)

a push or pull

b)

an invisible force that resists the motion of an object

c)

fries I eat on vacation

d)

a force that can be seen that resists the motion of an object

12.

pattern

a)

something that can not be predicted

b)

something that can not be observed

c)

to push away

d)

something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted

13.

attract

a)

bees flying around my ice cream cone

b)

to push away

c)

to pull toward

d)

what ants run on

14.

repel

a)

to push away, such as when two magnets with the same poles face each other

b)

a spray to protect you from mosquitoes

c)

to pull toward you

d)

work that makes an object move

15.

property

a)

an invisible force

b)

something that happens again and again

c)

to push or pull

d)

something you can observe about an object or material