Motions And Forces

Question 0

A change of position over time.

Answer 0

Motion

Question 1

The rate at which velocity changes over time.

Answer 1

Acceleration

Question 2

An objects location.

Answer 2

Position

Question 3

A location to which another location is compared.

Answer 3

Reference point

Question 4

A measure of how fast something moves through a particular distance over a definite time period.

Answer 4

Speed

Question 5

A quantity that has both size and direction.

Answer 5

Vector

Question 6

A speed in a specific direction.

Answer 6

Velocity

Question 7

Any force that keeps an object moving in a circle.

Answer 7

Centripetal force

Question 8

A push or pull; something that changes the motion of an object.

Answer 8

Force

Question 9

The resistance of an object to change in the speed or the direction of its motion.

Answer 9

Inertia

Question 10

The overall force acting on an object when all of the forces acting on it are combined.

Answer 10

Net Force

Question 11

A scientific law stating that objects at rest remain at rest, while objects in motion remain in motion.

Answer 11

Newton’s First Law

Question 12

A scientific law stating that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass.

Answer 12

Newton’s Second Law

Question 13

A scientific law stating that every time one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in direction back on the first object.

Answer 13

Newton’s Third Law