Motion
Force and Motion
Gravity
100

An object's location, or where something is

What is position?

100

A push or a pull

What is a force?

100

A non-contact force that pulls objects toward one another

What is gravity?

200

A change in position of an object

What is motion?

200

A contact force that opposes the motion of an object.

What is friction?

200

A push or pull that affects an object without moving it

What is a non-contact force?.

300

The rate at which, or how fast, an object changes its position

What is speed?

300

A non-contact force that pulls on, or attracts, metal objects containing iron.

What is magnetism?

300

All objects are pulled toward one another by gravity

What is the law of gravity?

400

The formula for calculating speed

What is distance divided by time

400

Forces that work together and make no change in motion

What are balanced forces?

400

Determined by the pull of gravity on an object

What is weight?

500

An object that has variable speed

What is a roller coaster? (answers may vary)

500

Two concepts that affect an object's motion

What are mass and friction?

500

The moon has less gravity than Earth

Why you weigh less on the moon?

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