Forces and Interactions Vocabulary

magnet

• something that can be pushed or pulled by magnets

• to make materials magnetic

• an object that can attract or repel certain materials, often metals

• a metal

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magnetic

• something that can be pushed and pulled by magnets

• a push or pull

• gravity

• an invisible force that resists the motion of an object

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magnetize

• to attract or repel

• to make material magnetic

• invisible force that pulls objects down toward earth

• to use magnets

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pull

• what my sister does to my hair

• to move an object away from you

• to move an object toward you

• a push or pull

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push

• an action that will get me a tally

• to move an object toward you

• a force that moves in opposite directions

• to move an object away from you

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force

• a push or pull

• a push

• a pull

• something Darth Vader uses to fight the galaxy

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balanced forces

• two unequal forces that push or pull in the same direction so the object moves

• two equal forces that push or pull in opposite directions so that the object doesn't move

• a push or a pull

• when magnets are touching

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unbalanced forces

• two forces that push and pull in opposite directions and an object moves

• one force that pushes and pulls in the same direction and the object moves

• two forces that push and pull in the same direction and the object moves

• one force that pushes and pulls in opposite directions and the object doesn't move

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motion

• moving

• standing still

• a change in the position of an object

• a push or pull

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gravity

• something you can put on mashed potatoes

• a force that can be seen and pulls any object down, toward the Earth

• a force that pushes and pulls in opposite directions

• an invisible force that pulls any object down, toward the Earth

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