Download and print this free force and motion word search — 15 hidden words racing from a gentle PUSH to full-on VELOCITY, with GRAVITY and FRICTION working behind the scenes. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and ready for physics unit starters, lab-day warm-ups, or a quick review before a Newton’s laws quiz.
The word list is easy-to-medium: PUSH, PULL and SPEED are quick finds, while MOMENTUM, INERTIA and MAGNITUDE take a bit more work. It works from about grade 6 up, and makes a solid warm-up before a lesson on Newton’s laws of motion.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
It’s all here: the PUSH and PULL that start things moving, the FRICTION and GRAVITY that slow them down, and the MASS, MOMENTUM and VELOCITY that describe how an object travels along its VECTOR. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- BALANCED
- DIRECTION
- ENERGY
- FRICTION
- GRAVITY
- INERTIA
- MAGNITUDE
- MASS
- MOMENTUM
- NEWTON
- PULL
- PUSH
- SPEED
- VECTOR
- VELOCITY