Newton's Laws
Vocabulary
Scenario Problems
Examples of Motion
Types of Force
100

How many Newton's Laws are there total? 

3

100

What is the vocabulary word that matches this definition: 

An objects location or place 

POSITION 

100
The sound waves heard through headphones are created by the ___________ of very tiny pieces of plastic and metal. 

VIBRATIONS

100

What type of motion is skiing? 

TRANSLATION 

100

What is the type of force that pushes or pulls on an object through DIRECT touch? 

Contact force 

200

Newton's Laws describe how objects __________. 

Move. 

200

What is the vocabulary word that matches this definition: 

The change in an object's position 

MOTION

200

How do you know that an object has moved? 

Its position has changed. 

200
The sound from a violin is created by its strings ____________ back and forth. 

VIBRATING 

200

What is the type of force that pushes or pulls on an object WITHOUT direct touch? 

Noncontact force

300

Newton's 1st Law states that an object at rest stays ____ ______ and an object in ________ stays in __________. 

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion. 

300

What is the vocabulary word that matches the definition: 

The motion of an object along a line or a path from on position to another. "SLIDE" 

TRANSLATION

300

What outside force would change the motion of a bumper boat? 

Another boat hitting it and causing it to change directions. 

300
What are the two types of motion being used when a baseball is thrown by a pitcher? (**HINT... There are two) 

ROTATING AND TRANSLATION

300

What is a force that opposes motion? 

Friction

400

Newton's 2nd Law states that the ___________ the mass of an object, the ____________ the amount of force needed to ___________ the object. 

The GREATER the mass of an object, the GREATER the amount of force needed to MOVE the object. 

400

What is the vocabulary word that matches the definition: 

The motion of an object around a central point. "TURN" 

ROTATION

400

Two boats are side by side in the ocean. The first boat is a sailboat and the second boat is a yacht. Which boat should speed up quicker? Why? 

The sailboat because it has less mass. 

400

Provide an original example of a rotation movement. 

Answers will vary

400
A pile of nails are on the table. A little boy wants to pick up all of the nails but does not want to touch any of them so he doesn't get hurt. What should he use to pick up the nails? 
A magnet
500

Newton's 3rd Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite ____________. 

For every action, there is an equal and opposite REACTION. 

500

What is the vocabulary word that matches the definition: 

A back-and-forth or up-and-down motion. 

VIBRATION

500

What vocabulary word means the resistance to a change in motion? 

Inertia 

500

Provide an original example of the translation motion. 

Answers will vary. 

500

A student uses a magnet to pick up a pile of metal on a desk. Is this an example of contact or noncontact force? 

Noncontact 

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