1. 4th Grade Science Ch. 5-6 Forces and Motion
Mrs. Thornburg’s version

2. Vocabulary Terms in 4th Grade Science Ch. 5-6
Position Motion Speed
Acceleration Force Inertia
Gravitation Gravity Weight
Friction Velocity Work
Simple Machine Fulcrum Pulley
Wheel & Axle Screw Wedge
Inclined Plane Lever

3. What do we call a force that resists motion between objects that are touching?

4. Friction

5. What do we call the measure of an object’s change in position during a unit of time?

6. Speed

7. What do we call the location of an object?

8. Position

9. What do we call the measure of the speed and direction of motion of an object?

10. Velocity

11. What do we call a pull or push of any kind?

12. Force

13. What do we call the force of attraction between Earth and other objects?

14. Gravity

15. What do we call a change of position of an object?

16. Motion

17. What do we call any change in the speed or direction of an object’s motion?

18. Acceleration

19. What do we call the property of matter that keeps an object at rest or keeps it moving in a straight line?

20. Inertia

21. What do we call a force that acts between any two objects and pulls them together?

22. Gravitation

23. What do we call a measure of the gravitational force acting on an object?

24. Weight

25. What do we call the use of force to move an object over a distance?

26. Work

27. What do we call a machine with few or no moving parts that you apply just one force to?

28. Simple Machine

29. What do we call a simple machine that is a slanted surface?

30. Inclined plane

31. What do we call a simple machine made of two inclined planes placed back-to-back?

32. Wedge

33. What do we call a simple machine made of a wheel and an axle that turn together?

34. Wheel & Axle

35. What do we call a simple machine made of a wheel with a line around it?

36. Pulley

37. What do we call a simple machine made of a post with an inclined plane wrapped around it?

38. Screw

39. What do we call a simple machine made of a bar that pivots on a fixed point?

40. Lever

41. What do we call the fixed point on a lever?

42. Fulcrum