Force and Motion

Force and Motion

100

What is force?

A push or a pull

200

Name an example of a push.

pushing in your chair, throwing a ball, closing a door

300

Name a pull

opening a door, pulling out a chair, pulling a wagon

400

How does force affect the motion of an object?

When you use force it changes the motion of an object.

500

What does speed, position, and distance have to do with force?

When you exert a force on an object it can change the speed, position and the distance an object travels.

Magnets

100

True or False. All magnets have the same amount of strength.

False. Magnets have different amounts of strength.

200

Name three things magnets do not stick to.

wood, glass, copper

300

What do magnets ALWAYS stick to.

iron

400

What is the space or area around a magnet where the force is?

Magnetic field

500

What two poles on magnets attract to each other?

North and South

Vocabulary

100

What does attract mean?

to pull together

200

What does repel mean?

pull away from one another

300

What is motion?

change in position as an object is moving

400

What is the place around the magnet where the strongest magnetic field is?

North and South poles

500

What is the largest magnet?

The Earth

Surprise!

100

What parts of magnets repel?

north and north, south and south

200

Name two things in this classroom that magnets may stick to.

the door, the whiteboard

300

Why do magnets only stick to one of our whiteboards?

Because one does not have any iron in it.

400

What is the natural magnet?

Lodestone

500

How do magnets relate to force and motion?

Magnets are a type of force