Force & Motion Vocab Quiz

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction

• Screw

• Position

• Force

• Gravity

Separate forces combine to cancel each other out

• Balanced force

• Simple Machine

• Wheel and Axle

• Friction

A force that causes objects with mass to attract to it

• Friction

• Gravity

• Simple Machine

• Lever

A change in an object’s position as compared to objects around it

• Screw

• Gravity

• Friction

• Motion

A force that slows or stops the motion between two surfaces that are touching

• Inclined Plane

• Friction

• Gravity

• Force

A force that is not cancelled out by another for causing motion

• Balanced force

• Simple machine

• Gravity

• Unbalanced force

Using a force to move objects towards you

• Push

• Pull

• Lever

• Simple machine

Using a force that moves an object away from you

• Push

• Pull

• Lever

• Simple machine

Match the simple machine to its definition.

• A tool that makes work easier

• Screw

• Made up of a fastener with a ridge wrapped around a cylinder

• Wheel and axle

• a simple machine made up of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point

• Pulley

• a device consisting of a wheel over which a rope is pulled in order to move

• Incline plane

• a simple machine made up of a slanted surface or a flat surface at an angle

• Wedge