Types
Laws of Motion
forces and motion
balanced and unbalanced
vocabulary
100

I travel in electromagnetic waves

What is light or solar energy.

100

This is another name for Newton's First Law.

What is inertia?

100

A push or pull is known as this

What is force?

100

"A parked car remains in place because this type of force is acting on it."

What is balanced?

100

Question: This is the answer to a scientific question.

What is a claim?

200

The other name of heat energy.

What is thermal energy

200

A basketball bounces up when you dribble is explained here.

What is Newton's Third Law?

200

This force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.

What is gravity?

200

"An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by this type of force."

What are  unbalanced forces?

200

This term describes a repeated design or movement.

What is a pattern?

300

I am made by vibrations and carried in waves

What is sound energy.

300

Force equals mass times this.

What is acceleation?

300

This term describes a change in position or location of an object.

 What is motion?

300

"A soccer ball being kicked to the left while the wind pushes it to the right is experiencing these forces.

What is unbalanced force?

300

This is the support for a claim, often based on data or observations.

What is evidence?

400

The movement of electrons through a circuit?

What is electrical energy.

400

While sitting at a stoplight you are hit from behind.  You aren't wearing your seatbelt, so your body remains still yet the car jerks forward this is explained by?

What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?

400

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another is called this.

 What is friction?

400

When you push a box and it doesn't move because of friction, the forces are in this state."

What are balanced forces?

400

This is the rate at which something moves.

What is speed?

500

A diver standing on a high dive has more of this than a diver on the side of the pool

What is potential energy.

500

The amount of force needed to push a highschool football player is greater than what is needed for a toddler.  This is explained in what law?

What is Newton's 2nd Law?

500

An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This is part of this law of motion.

 What is Newton's First Law?

500

"If a boat is being rowed upstream and stays in the same place, what does this tell you about the forces?"

What is balanced?

500

The process of explaining how evidence supports a claim is called this.

What is reasoning?

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