Science Vocabulary Quiz

the act or process of moving.

• motion

• speed

• gravity

• direction

the path along which an object moves

• motion

• speed

• gravity

• direction

not in motion

• motion

• speed

• rest

• direction

the distance of an object moves in a certain amount of time.

• motion

• speed

• rest

• direction

when objects touch

• rest

• friction

• contact

• direction

the force that pulls objects toward earth

• rest

• friction

• contact

• gravity

when forces exerted on opposite sides of an object are equal in strength

• balanced

• friction

• unbalanced

• gravity

to apply

• exert

• friction

• unbalanced

• gravity

a force exerted between the surfaces of objects in contact.

• exert

• friction

• contact

• gravity

when forces exerted on opposite sides of an object are not equal in strength

• balanced

• friction

• unbalanced

• gravity