Force, Motion, & Speed

Fill in the blank: _______ is any change of position or movement.

• motion

• rest

• inertia

• friction

Fill in the blank: _______ is any push or pull on an object.

• force

• mass

• energy

• velocity

Fill in the blank: _______ is the tendency of an object to resist change to its state of motion. This keeps objects moving or sitting still.

• inertia

• momentum

• velocity

• acceleration

Fill in the blank: _______ is the amount of matter in an object. Stays the same on every planet. Can be measured with a balance and labeled with kilograms, grams, pounds.

• mass

• weight

• volume

• density

Fill in the blank: _______ changes based on gravity and is different on every planet. Can be measured with a spring scale and labelled with Newtons or pounds.

• weight

• mass

• volume

• temperature

Fill in the blank: _______ is a force that acts against moving objects that is caused by contact between surfaces. This is the enemy of speed.

• friction

• gravity

• inertia

• momentum

Fill in the blank: _______ is the force of attraction between any two objects.

• gravitational force

• magnetic force

• electrical force

• nuclear force

Fill in the blank: _______ is the variable that you are choosing to change in your experiment. Belongs on the x-axis of your graph.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

• constant variable

Fill in the blank: _______ is the variable that you are measuring in your experiment. Belongs on the y-axis of your graph.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control variable

• constant variable

Fill in the blank: _______ is the variable that stays the same and does not change in your experiment.

• control variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• random variable