Vocabulary
The Forces
Potpourri
100

How fast or slow an object can move or be moved:

a) Motion

b) Speed

c) Gravity


What is:

b) SPEED?

100

This force is used to move an object CLOSER to you:

a) Push;

b) Pull;

c) Gravity.

What is:

b) PULL?

100

If an object is in motion, it is doing this:

a) Resting in place;

b) Moving;

c) Falling to Earth.

What is:

b) MOVING?

200

The ability of an object to move on its own or be moved by something else:

a) Motion

b) Gravity

c) Push

What is:

a) MOTION?

200

This force is used to move an object AWAY from you:

a) Push;

b) Pull;

c) Inertia.

What is:

a) PUSH?

200

The force you use when you are moving a wagon UP a hill:

a) Push;

b) Pull;

c) Friction.

What is:

b) PULL?

300

Force is _______________:

a) The ability of an object to STOP moving;

b) The ability of an object to fall to Earth;

c) The energy used to move an object.

What is:

c) THE ENERGY USED TO MOVE AN OBJECT?

300

Friction is important to motion since it can do this:

a) Keep objects moving in one direction;

b) Keep objects to the ground;

c) Stop objects from moving in time.


What is:

c) STOP OBJECTS FROM MOVING IN TIME.

300

The force used to move a wheelbarrow with soil across a yard:

a) Push;

b) Pull;

c) Gravity.

What is:

a) PUSH?

400

The force that helps to STOP objects from moving:

a) Gravity;

b) Friction;

c) Heat.

What is:

b) FORCE?

400

This force keeps things still OR can help objects keep moving in one direction:

a) Push;

b) Pull;

c) Inertia.

What is:

c) INERTIA?

400

True or false: The Earth is always in motion.

a) Yes;

b) No.

What  is:

a) YES?

500

The force that pulls objects to the Earth so they don't float away:

a) Gravity;

b) Force;

c) Push and Pull.

What is:

a) GRAVITY?

500

Sir Isaac Newton found that an apple from a tree could fall to the ground because of this:

a) Gravity;

b) Motion;

c) Inertia.

What is:

a) GRAVITY?

500

True or false: ALL objects on Earth can move or be moved.

a) Yes;

b) No.

What is:

a) YES?