5th Grade Forces and Motion Vocabulary Check

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What is a force?

Back

A push or pull.

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What does gravity do?

Back

Pulls things towards the Earth.

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What is friction?

Back

It is when two objects rub together.

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What is mass?

Back

It is the amount of matter in an object.

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What is the purpose of a graph?

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To show a relationship between two things.

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What is motion?

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The change in position of an object over time.

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What is speed?

Back

The distance an object travels in a certain amount of time.

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What is acceleration?

Back

The rate at which an object changes its speed.

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What is inertia?

Back

The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.

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What is a balanced force?

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Forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction, resulting in no change in motion.