Force and Motion Vocabulary Daily Grade

What is an object’s location or place?

• speed
• position
• force
• motion

What is a change in an object’s position compared to objects around it?

• force
• position
• velocity
• motion

What is a measure of the distance an object travels in a certain amount of time?

• velocity
• position
• speed
• direction

How is speed measured?

• distance/ time
• velocity/ time
• miles/ velocity
• time/ velocity

What tells you which way an object is moving?

• speed
• direction
• velocity
• gravity

What is a measure of speed in a certain direction?

• force
• speed
• direction
• velocity

What is the push or pull that cause objects to change their motion?

• force
• motion
• velocity
• speed

What is a force that slows or stops motion between two surfaces that touch each other?

• pull
• velocity
• push
• friction

What kind of surface creates more friction?

• rough
• smooth
• transparent
• translucent

What kind of surface creates less friction?

• smooth
• rough
• translucent
• transparent