Vocabulary
A push or a pull
What is force?
Which force pulls you down a playground slide?
What is gravity?
An example of this force can be observed during a kickball game when the ball is pitched, but the force between the ball and the ground makes the ball stop before reaching the kicker
What is the contact force "friction?"
Use Picture A to answer the following question:
The four blocks are pushed with the same amount of force. Which block will move the fastest?
What is Block 1?
The name of our home galaxy.
What is The Milky Way Galaxy?
Forces that can change an object's motion.
What are unbalanced forces?
The force that works against movement
What is friction?
A force that attract and repel objects without touching them.
What is the non-contact force "magnetism?"
Use Picture B to answer the following question:
Marc and Rick are pushing on opposite ends of the box. Marc is pushing on the box with a force of 5 N. Rick is also pushing on the box with a force of 5 N. In which direction will the box move?
What is the box will not move because the forces are balanced?
Most of the water on Earth is located here.
What are the oceans?
The motion of an object depends on ______.
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
This force is acting on everything and everyone on Earth right now.
What is the non-contact force "gravity?"
Use Picture C to answer the following question:
Andy and his friends are playing baseball. They each hit the ball a different distance, shown in the table below. If each child hit the ball from the same place, who most likely hit the ball with the greatest force?
Who is Jill?
Areas in this climate experience all 4 seasons. This is the largest climate zone.
What is the Temperate Climate Zone?
distance divided by time =
Gravity can increase this.
What is speed?
Ms. Atnip's homeroom and Mrs. DeJesus's homeroom are playing tug-of-war. After several minutes, the students notice that the rope has not moved at all. What is one possible cause of this?
What is a balanced force acting on the rope?
You are sliding across the floor in your socks. What forces are acting on you during this time?
What are friction and gravity?
Use Picture D to answer the following question:
If the distance that the javelin traveled was greater when Mark threw the javelin with more force, which javelin did Mark throw with the most force?
What is throw 4?
What are the three ways to speed up the time it takes for an object to dissolve in water?
What is increased temperature, stirring and smaller surface area?
This force decreases motion.
What is friction?
An object with less matter being pushed will move _________ when compared to an object with more matter being pushed with the same force.
What is farther?
Deputy Will pushes a student on the swing. As the student swings back, Deputy Will pushes them again. What will change?
What is the speed of the student? Direction will remain the same with this contact force.
Use Picture E to answer the following question:
The masses of the three cars shown were different, however, the same amount of force was applied to move each car. Which of the cars was the lightest?
What is Car W?
This kind of loop allows the flow of electrons to continue without being interrupted.
What is a closed circuit?