Forces Vocabulary

The substance, object or group in an experiment that is not changed

• Control

• Friction

• Variable

• Pull

An experiment in which all the variables are kept the same except for the one being tested (fair test)

• Controlled experiment

• Gravity

• Reliability

• Motion

A push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object / material

• Force

• Position

• Motion

• Magnetism

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A force that acts in an opposite direction to movement

• Friction

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Motion

A force that pulls objects toward each other

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Friction

• Push

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A force that pushes or pulls a magnetic material across a distance

• Magnetism

• Force

• Position

• Friction

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A change in the position of an object

• Motion

• Position

• Pull

• Push

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The place where something is located; where something has been put

• Position

• Pull

• Push

• Force

The act of applying force to move something toward or with you

• Pull

• Push

• Friction

• Gravity

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The act of applying force in order to move something away

• Push

• Pull

• Magnetism

• Motion