Force Vocabulary

This is any type of a push or pull.

• Motion

• Force

• Potential

• Collision

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If a roller coaster is at the top of a hill, what type of energy would it have?

• kinetic energy
• gravitational energy

• thermal energy
• nuclear energy

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When one force is stronger than the other force.

• Balanced Forces

• Potential Energy

• Gravitational Energy

• Unbalanced Forces

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When energy gets moved from one object to another, what do we call this?

• Energy Transformation

• Gravitational Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Potential Energy

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What is a change to an experiment called?

• Hypothesis

• Collision

• Variable

• Solution

When a force is acted upon an object, what will happen to that object?

• It will cause a change in the object's motion or shape.
• It will remain stationary.
• It will change color.
• It will disappear.

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What is it called when an object hits another object?

• contact
• impact
• crash
• collision

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What is gravity?

• Gravity is a force that is caused by electromagnetic waves.
• Gravity is a force that only affects living organisms.
• Gravity is a force that repels objects away from each other.
• Gravity is a force that attracts objects towards each other.

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What is the ability to do work?

• energy
• motion
• force
• power

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Sometimes energy is stored in objects. When energy is stored what name is given to it?

• kinetic energy
• thermal energy
• mechanical energy
• potential energy

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