Factors of Force and Motion Vocabulary

What word means an invisible force that pulls objects towards one another?

• Gravity

• Mass

• Friction

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What word completes the sentence.

____________________ is anything that has weight and takes up space.

True or False

The more matter something has, the more it will weigh.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an example of friction?

• Swimming in the ocean.

• Rubbing our hands together for warmth during a winter snowstorm.

• Watching for shooting stars in the night sky.

What is the process of an object being moved?

• mass

• friction

• motion

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A push or a pull is an example of ___________.

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If a cheetah raced an elephant it would win because it has a greater _________.

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True or False:

A piece of ripe fruit that falls from a tree will fall in the direction the wind is moving because of inertia.

• True

• False

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A force that acts on an object in the opposite direction than the object is moving is known as?

• drag

• friction

• gravity

Which of the following is an example of a thrust?

• dropping a penny

• walking through a rain puddle

• pushing a heavy shopping cart through the store

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