Motion
This word describes the exact place of an object.
What is position?
This word means a push or a pull.
What is force?
This term describes when both forces acting on an object are equally strong.
What are balanced forces?
This word means "compared to."
What is relative?
This word describes the way an object faces, such as north, south or toward the window.
What is direction?
When I pull up a zipper, I apply a force. This word is another word for "apply."
What is exert?
This term describes when both forces acting on an object are NOT equally strong.
What are unbalanced forces?
This word means to tell what will happen in the future.
What is predict?
This word describes when an object's position changes.
What is motion?
This word describes a force that goes against the motion of an object.
What is friction?
This term would describe the forces acting on Miss Gris, who is sitting still in her seat (please wait for Miss Gris to sit down.)
What are balanced forces?
This word describes the force that acts between any two objects that pulls them toward one another.
What is gravity?
This word describes how far something travels.
What is distance?
This word describes forces that can act at a distance, like gravity, magnetism or electricity.
What is a noncontact force?
If two students pull on an apple and one student was stronger, we would say that the forces acting on the apple are __________.
What are unbalanced forces?
This word is a measure of how slow or fast something can move. It is written as distance per unit of time, like miles per hour.
What is speed?
This word describes forces that act when they are touching an object, like friction.
What is a contact force?
Name two forces acting on a person riding a bicycle.
What are friction and gravity?