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1
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What describes the interaction of two objects that can change the motion of the two of them?

A

Force

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What do you call a push or pull motion that causes an object to stop, move or change direction?

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Force

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What do you call the gap between the initial position and final position of an object?

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Displacement

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What do you call the speed in which something moves in one direction?

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Velocity

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What do you call the time rate of change of the velocity of an object?

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Acceleration

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What are the two main types of force?

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Contact and Non-Contact

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What refers to the force exerted by a person or an object towards another?

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Applied Force

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What force acts opposite or against an object that also slows down movement?

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Friction Force

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What force acts perpendicular to an object?

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Normal Force

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What force is applied to a rope, chain, cable and the like?

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Tension Force

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What force supports an object as surface resists compression?

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Normal Force

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What resists force that causes objects to stretch?

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Tension Force

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13
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What force pulls objects together?

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Gravity

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What force acts between magnets?

A

Magnetic Force

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Is force still present when an object is at rest?

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Yes

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What force is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction?

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Balanced Force

17
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What is magnitude?

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The amount of force exerted

18
Q

What force causes a change in an object’s motion?

A

Unbalanced Force

19
Q

What force is unequal in magnitude but opposite in direction?

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Unbalanced Force

20
Q

What do you call the combined forces acting on an object?

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Net Force or Resultant Force

21
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Is the force positive or negative if the direction is : right, upward or forward?

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Positive

22
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Is the force positive or negative if the direction is : left, downward, backward?

A

Negative

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