Force
Motion
Vocabulary
Examples
Random
100

Which has more friction, rubber, ice, or plexiglass?

rubber

100

Which vehicle will take more force to stop?

dumptruck or regular-sized car

100

The amount of matter in an object is called its...

mass

100

You push a chair across the floor. It gradually slows down and stops. Why did the chair stop moving?

friction from the floor

100

What is Mrs. Clarkson's favorite animal? 

Sea otter 
200

What is required to change the velocity of an object?

force

200

What are the 5 ways an object can move?

Start, Stop, Speed Up, Slow Down, or Change Direction

200

A push or pull that can cause motion

force

200

You are playing pool. You hit the white ball and it hits a solid blue ball that is still. What happens to both balls after the collision?

The white ball will stop and the blue ball will start moving.

200

What is Mrs. Clarkson's favorite Disney character? 

Tigger

300

To stop an object, the force must come from:

the opposite direction of the object's motion

300

It takes more force to slow down your bicycle by 5 mph than to speed it up 5 mph. True or False


False

300

The force that slows down motion between touching objects.

friction

300

A pod hits a space station. The space station is much more massive than the pod. The pod experiences a much stronger force than the station. True/False

False

300

What year did Mrs. Clarkson start teaching? 

2010

400

To speed up an object, the direction of force should be:

in the same direction of the object's motion

400

Speed with direction

Velocity

400

when 2 objects hit each other

collision

400

A pod hits a space station. The space station is much more massive than the pod. The pod experiences a much greater change in velocity. True/False

True

400

What house is Mrs. Clarkson in? 

Hufflepuff

500

To start an object moving, the force must come from:

any direction

500

An object with less mass collides into an object with more mass. Which object will have the great change in velocity?

less mass

500

To apply a force

Exert

500

There is a collision between a bug and a car. The bug experiences a greater change in velocity because...

it has a much smaller mass

500

What's Mrs. Clarkson's favorite ice cream? 

Cookies N Cream