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physical science 2
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does force do? | force makes things speed up, slow down or change direction. without force, a still object remains still and a moving object would keep moving |
| what are some types of forces | magnetic, push, pull, gravity, air resistance, and friction |
| what does friction do | friction opposes motion between two touching objects. friction slows things down. |
| what does gravity do and what is an example of gravity | gravity pulls everything towards Earth. the more mass something has the more gravity acts on it. if you drop a bowling ball and a beach ball off a building, the bowling ball would hit the ground first because it has more mass. |
| what are balanced forces | balanced forces are two equal forces acting in opposite direction. because it is balanced the object does not move. |
| what are unbalanced forces | unbalanced forces happen when one side has greater force in one direction. this will cause the object to move in the direction the greater force is going. |
| what does mass do to force | the more mass something has the more force is needed to move it. |