All About the Facts
Balanced or Unbalanced
Gravity and Friction
Newton's Laws of Motion
Mixed bag
Key Terms
100

What is a PUSH or PULL on an object?


What is Force?

100

A bowling ball striking pins at the end of an alley.

unbalanced

100

The force that acts directly against the direction of motion.

What is friction?

100

What non-contact force pulls objects back to Earth?


Gravity 

100

The pull of gravity affects the objects what?

What is weight?

100

Mike lifted a heavy box. What force did he have to overcome to move the box upward?

Gravity


200

If these boys are each pulling with the force of 10 newtons.  What will happen?

The boy in blue will win.

They will not move at all.

The boy in red will win.


They will not move at all. Balanced force is being applied.

200
A rock that slows down every time it skips until it sinks.

Unbalanced

200

True or False:  Gravity is a force that pulls objects down to Earth.

True

200

You let go of a balloon- the air goes one way and the balloon goes the opposite direction. This is an example of which law of motion?

What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?

200

In outer space, an object's ______ changes, but its _______ stays the same.

What is weight and mass?

200

This is a force between two surfaces rubbing against each other. It works against the motion of an object.

What is friction.


300

Which of the following statements is true? 

Balanced forces cause a change in position. 

Unbalanced forces cause a change in position. 

Forces do not affect position. 

Unbalanced forces cause a change in position.

300
Where the force attaching the hook to the wall, holds a picture frame.

Balanced

300

A soccer ball is at rest on the ground.  When a force is applied to it, it moves.  If larger force is applied to it, how will the motion of the soccer ball change?

A. The ball will move slower.

B. The ball will stop.

C. The ball will come to a faster.

C. The ball will move faster.

300

A car is easier to push than a bus. This is an example of which of Newton's Laws?

What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?

300

The combination of all forces act on an object is?

What is a net force?

300

What is an increase in motion?

Acceleration


400

Newton's third law of motion relates these two things.

What are actions and reactions?

400

Planets orbiting the sun in a fixed orbit.

Balanced Force
400

Name another non-contact force other than gravity?

What is magnetism

400

Newton's second law of motion relates these three things.

What are: mass, acceleration, and force?

400

Mario roller skates to the top of a hill and then starts rolling downward. What are the MAIN forces affecting Mario's motion as he rolls down the hill?

What are friction and gravity.


400

the measurement of the time it takes to travel a certain distance

What is speed


500

Name at least 3 things that force can do. 

1. Keep an object at rest (not move).

2. Make an object  move.

3. Change the object's direction.

4. Slow down or stop the moving object.

500

Describe what is happening in the photo.

one person is using more force so the force is unbalanced

500

Describe what the picture is explaining

500

The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.

What is inertia?

500

Rodrigo and Marcus are moving a dresser. They are arguing about which direction to move it. Rodrigo is pushing the dresser with a force of 5 newtons towards Marcus. Marcus is pushing the dresser towards Rodrigo with a force of 10 newtons. What happens to the dresser?

The dresser moves towards Rodrigo.


500

What is a type of friction which slows objects moving through water?

Water resistance


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