Ruby 4.7A Force Investigations

Match the vocab word to the definitions

• a force of attraction to a magnet

• friction

• a push or pull

• magnetism

• a force that resists motion

• force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

match the vocab word to the definition

• a force that pulls down

• investigation

• a well-researched prediction

• hypothesis

• steps followed to answer a question

• gravity

What are the steps to investigating whether the size of a wheel on a toy car will affect how far the toy car will travel?

• place the toy cars at the top of the ramp

• record your data

• conduct multiple trials

• apply the same amount of force to each car when sent down the ramp

• measure the distance both cars traveled

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which tool would help measure the distance a toy car can travel?

• scale

• thermometer

• ruler

• hand lens

Organize the descriptions of a hammer as opinions or measurable.

Groups:

(a) opinion

,

(b) measurable

• expensive

• seems new

• heavy

• mass

• volume

• loud

• weight

• length