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Grade 5 F-1 Sci. Def
Chapter 1 Forces
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| force | A push or pull that causes an object to move |
| friction | A force that opposes |
| magnetism | The force of repulsion (pushing) or attraction (pulling) between poles of magnets |
| gravitation | The force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another |
| balanced forces | The forces acting on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction |
| unbalanced forces | Forces that are not equal |
| net force | The result of two or more forces acting together on an object |
| work | The use of a force to move an object through a distance |
| power | The amount of work done for each unit of time |
| machine | Something that makes work seem easier by changing the size or the direction of a force |