Balanced or Unbalanced
Mass and Speed
Variables
Criteria and Constraints
Mystery
100

When a different amount of force is being applied from opposite directions. When an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction. 

What is an unbalanced force?  

100

The two things needed to determine how much an object moves

What is mass and speed?

100

the thing you are measuring/observing in an experiment?

What is a dependent variable? 

100

The things that are a need or a must have. 

What is a constraint? 

100

Used to measure how high we drop something from

What is a ruler or a tape measure? 

200

Forces that cancel each other out, there is no change in motion. An object is moving at a constant speed. 

What are balanced forces? 

200

How fast something is going

What is speed?

200

the things that stay the same in an experiment? 

What are control variables? 

200

Things that are wanted and that have a range

What is Criteria?

200

A push or pull

What is a force? 

300

a car is moving at a constant speed, is the forces balanced or unbalanced? 

What is balanced forces? 

300

a person pushes an empty box and a box filled with books with the same amount of force, why don't the boxes move the same distance?   

What is mass?

300

the ONE thing that you change in the experiment? 

What is an independent variable?

300

A science project is graded off if it has data, an explanation, and if it has colors, what is the criteria?   

What is colors?

300

The arrows that represent force

What are vectors?

400

a ball falls out of a tree and it speeds up, are the forces balanced or unbalanced? 

What is unbalanced forces? 

400

a car is moving slower and slower as it comes to a stop, what is decreasing?

What is speed?

400

You change two things in a experiment, is it a fair or unfair experiment? 

What is an unfair experiment? 

400

Emma wants a backyard that is big, has a swing set, and trampoline, what are the constraints?

What is a swing set and a trampoline? 

400

Something that protects or slows down contact with an object.

What is cushion?

500

A car is moving at a constant speed and it takes a right turn, are the forces balanced or unbalanced?

What is unbalanced forces? 

500

A person is stacking more and more books on a table, what is increasing?

What is mass? 

500

Josh is doing an experiment to see which water bottle is stronger. He is dropping a Stanley water bottle and a hydro flask, and he is having the experiment inside and at the same spot, and dropping them from the same height. What is the control variables? 

What is the same spot and dropping from the same height? 

500

Jess wants a new pencil case that has 3 compartments, pretty small so easy to carry, and she wants it to be lavender. What is the criteria? 

What is pretty small?

500

Used to measure the mass.

What is a scale?

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