Vocab

Question 1

The rate at which velocity changes over time

Answer 1

Acceleration

Question 2

A change of position over time

Answer 2

Motion

Question 3

A quantity that has both side and direction

Answer 3

Vector

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Speed

Question 7

An object’s location

Answer 7

Position

Question 8

A speed in a specific direction

Answer 8

Velocity

Question 10

The resistance of an object to a change in speed or direction of its motions.

Answer 10

Inertia

Question 11

A scientific law stating that objects at rest remain in rest, and object in motion remain in motion with the same velocity, unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

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

Any force that keeps an object moving in a circle

Answer 13

Centripetal force

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Force

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Net force

Question 16

A location to which another location is compared

Answer 16

Reference point

Question 17

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 17

Newton’s third law