Vocabulary
Position, Force, and Motion
Questions from Book
Real Life Scenarios
100
Where an object is located
What is position
100
True or False: As the bird flies, it changes its position?
What is True; because the bird is moving from one position to another.
100
This is the way you can tell that an object is in motion.
What is by seeing if the position has changed?
100
Your teacher rides a bike down a hill in a straight line. This is the thing that changes.
What is the position but not the direction?
200
A change in an object's position
What is motion?
200
What would be an example of a force acting? (on a bird)
What is a bird flapping it's wings to propel it forward in motion?
200
This causes objects to move.
What is force?
200
The speed of a horse that travels 240 meters in 60 seconds is....
What is 4 meters/second?
300
A push or a pull
What is a force?
300
True or False: The stronger the force, the faster the object travels
What is True
300
These are the directions you would to describe a hot air balloon.
What is UP or DOWN?
300
Mr. S, Mrs. Seay, and Mrs. Sheppard all travel from the same starting place (the cafeteria) and walk to the same ending place (doors leading out to the playground). It takes Mr. S 6 minutes, Mrs. Seay 5 minutes, and Mrs. Sheppard 4 minutes. Why does it take them different lengths of time?
What is because they all travel at different speeds?
400
The path of an object in motion
What is direction?
400
An airplane will often times have to change this in order to get to the final destination.
What is direction?
400
This is the equation used to determine speed.
What is speed = distance/time?
400
Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. Seay, and Mr. S' class are all comparing data to see who is the fastest student in 4th grade. They would find the most accurate answer if they (shared their data, only used their own data, or change their results to match each other?)
What is share their data to figure out the most accurate results?
500
The distance an object moves over a period of time
What is speed?
500
Name 5 different ways to describe direction.
What is north, south, east, west, left, right, straight, up or down? (Student can pick any of the 5)
500
If a falcon travels at 90 meters/second and a cheetah can travel at 30 meters/second, the falcon is faster because...
What is because the falcon travels a greater distance in a second than a cheetah by 60 meters?
500
Mr. S, Mrs. Seay, and Mrs. Sheppard all ran 1 mile. Mr. S- 8:20 minutes Mrs. Seay- 6:05 minutes Mrs. Sheppard 6:04 minutes Who displayed the fastest time, and why?
What is Mrs. Sheppard because it look her the least amount of time to travel the same distance?