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Forceful Vocabulary
100
Which is an example of Kinetic Energy?
A. a book on a shelf
B. a skier sitting in a chair
C. a football rolling in the grass
D. a sandwhich in a lunchbox
C. a football rolling in the grass
(Kinetic means movement, work in progress)
100
Jayden has a heavy ball on a ramp that he designed. He is currently letting the ball go and it travels around twenty feet away from the ramp.
What could Jayden do to increase the kinetic energy of his experiment?
Either: Raise the ramp and increase the angle that it is released
or
Increase the weight of the ball that is being released
100
The purple block is 20g, the blue block is 15g, the yellow block is 10g, and the green block is 5g.
If these blocks were thrown into a pool, which block would have the bigger splash created by the larger kinetic energy?
The 20g purple block because it weighs more, and has more kinetic energy.
100
What would be the two best words to describe the motion of these fireworks after their fuses were lit?
A. mass and shape
B. height and length
C. speed and direction
D. weight and distance
C. Speed and Direction
100
This force attracts or repels objects?
(Examples include iron, nickel, and cobalt)
Magnetism
200
What causes a moving object to have a change in speed?
A. Temperature
B. Change in mass
C. Gravity
D. Force
D. Force
200
A student takes and flicks Bouncy Ball A (white bouncy ball) so that it collides with Bouncy Ball B (black bouncy ball). How do you know if energy has been transferred?
A. Bouncy Ball B does not move.
B. Bouncy Ball A returns to where it originally moved from.
C. Bouncy Ball A & B are now going in the same direction.
C. Bouncy Ball A & B are now going in the same direction.
200
Makayla pushed a roller skate across a gym floor. The roller skate traveled across the wooden gym floor, but it slowed when it hit the fabric door mats. Which best explains what happened when the roller skate reached the carpet?
A. Gravity decreased.
B. Magnetism increased.
C. Inertia decreased.
D. Friction increased.
D. Friction increased.
200
Dulce has Nail 1 holding up her tapemeasure, Nail 2 is holding up her hammer. Nail 2 falls out and the hammer falls.
Which of the following best explains why Nail 1 can hold up its item, but Nail 2 cannot?
A. The tape measure is heavier and is holding the nail in place.
B. Nail 2 is not affected by gravity like Nail 1.
C. The hammer has greater mass than the tape measure.
D. Nail 1's friction is more than Nail 2.
C. The hammer has greater mass than the tape measure.
200
An example of this is when an apple falls off a tree, this is the reason it hits the ground?
Gravity
300
Chef Adrian places a whole chicken on both sides of a scale. Then her employee hangs another chicken on the left side of the scale, and that side moves down. What caused the scale to move?
A. Adding the chicken on the left scale increases gravity on the opposite (or right) side.
B. The force of the right side is greater than the left side, which is why the left side went down.
C. The total force increase caused the left side of the scale to go down.
C. The total force increase caused the left side of the scale to go down.
300
Where would you need to place the bowling ball to move the plastic water jug the farthest?
A. Place the bowling ball near the plastic jug at the bottom of the ramp.
B. Place the bowling ball at the top of the ramp and the plastic jug at the bottom.
C. Place the bowling ball in the middle of the ramp and the plastic jug at the bottom.
B. Place the bowling ball at the top of the ramp and the plastic jug at the bottom.
300
Two teams of students are standing on either side of a tug-of-war rope. Using the same force they are pulling it in the opposite direction. The tug-of-war rope has zero net force because:
A. The two pulls are moving the tug-of-war rope in a right-side direction.
B. The two pulls are balancing each other causing no movement.
C. The two pulls slowly move the tug-of-war rope to the left side.
B. The two pulls are balancing each other causing no movement.
300
Two movers are near a large box on opposite sides. Using different forces they are pushing it in opposite directions. What will happen to the box?
A. The box will not move.
B. The box will move towards the right.
C. The box will move towards the left.
D. The box will break.
C. The box will move towards the left.
300
This is the ability to gain speed in a short amount of time?
(Example a ball rolls down a hill it gains speed)
Acceleration
400
This is the force to move something closer to you?
Pull
400
The box is moving to the left currently.
Where should a person using pushing force push the box to move it faster without changing the box's direction?
A. Top of the box.
B. Right side of the box.
C. Left side of the box.
D. Bottom of the box.
B. Right side of the box.
400
This is the change in position an object experiences because of a force applied?
Motion
400
Which of the choices below is correct based on data on the graph?
A. Runner C traveled faster than Runner A or Runner B.
B. Runner B ran a shorter time than Runner C.
C. Runner B was faster than Runner C.
D. Runner A traveled farther than Runner B or Runner C.
C. Runner B was faster than Runner C.
400
This is the force that slows or stops motion when two objects rub together?
Friction
500
This is the force to move something away from you?
Push
500
The boat is heading out to sea.
How can the force represented by the arrow change the boat's motion?
A. The force can make the boat stop.
B. The force can make the boat increase its speed.
C. The force can make the boat decrease its speed.
D. The force can make the boat turn around.
B. The force can make the boat increase its speed.
500
Mrs. Sanker is playing a game of golf. When she swings her golf club it collides with the golf ball causing what to occur?
A. No energy is transferred, but both the golf club and golf ball continue to move.
B. Energy transfer from the golf club to the golf ball.
C. Energy transfer from the golf ball to the golf club.
D. Energy transfer from the ground to the golf club.
B. Energy transfer from the golf club to the golf ball.
500
Armando drove his motorcycle on an empty road.
Which example of motion is this graph telling us?
A. The motorcycle moved 10 miles and then stopped moving.
B. The motorcycle moved at a rate of 5 miles per 10 minutes.
C. The motorcycle moved at a speed of 10 miles per 5 minutes.
C. The motorcycle moved at a speed of 10 miles per 5 minutes.
500
This is the tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged?
(object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion tends to stay in motion)
Inertia