Motion
Forces
Newton's Laws
Energy
Vocabulary
100

A toy car rolls farther on a wooden floor than on carpet.

What is because the carpet has more resistance.

100

An airplane moves forward through the air because the thrust force has overcome ____?

What is the drag force. 

100

A ball that is bounced on the floor goes up and down due to ___________?

What is gravity?

100

Forces are measured with a spring scale in these units.

What are Newtons?

100

the location of an object

What is position?

200

Making a  ramp taller will make a toy car move ____?

What is faster?

200

Three different students take turns pushing a large heavy ball across a room. The best way to determine who used the most force is to ________.

What is compare the distances?

200

Objects that are affected by Earth's gravity.  Anything that has __________.

What is mass?

200

A force that opposes motion.  It acts between two objects that are touching. 

What is friction?

200

mass x velocity

What is momentum?

300

Motion has two parts: distance and _____?

What is direction?

300

This can be used to measure a force. 

What is a spring scale?

300

One person pulls to the right with 10 Newtons of force.  The other person pulls to the left with 15 Newtons.  What is the net force pulling on the rope?

What is 5 Newtons to the left?

300

When you release a bow string, its potential energy becomes this.

What is kinetic energy?

300

the energy of a moving object

What is kinetic energy?

400

The more inertia an object has, the harder it is to change its___________?

What is momentum?

400

Forces may be balanced or -----?

What is unbalanced?

400

Force= mass times acceleration

What is Newton's Second Law?

400

All forms of energy have one thing in common.  They all perform this.

What is work?

400

when forces act on an object without changing its motion

What is balanced force?

500

When the position of an object changes, it is in motion and has a ________.

What is velocity?

500

If an unbalanced force acting on an object is increased, the object will ______?

What is accelerate more?

500

Objects in motion tend to stay in motion.  Objects at rest tend to stay at rest. 

What is Newton's First Law?

500

The amount of kinetic energy an has depends on its velocity and what?

What is its mass?
500

the energy an object possesses due to its position above the Earth's surface. 

What is gravitational potential energy?

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