Forces and Motion Vocabulary

Front

What always causes a change in motion and direction?

Back

Unbalanced Force

Front

What is any force that requires contact to occur?

Back

Contact Force

Front

What is a force on something in order to move it away from the force?

Back

Push

Front

What is the act of something moving; a change in position?

Back

Motion

Front

What is the force that attracts objects toward another object?

Back

Gravity

Front

What is the term for a force that does not cause a change in motion?

Back

Balanced Force

Front

What is the measure of the amount of matter in an object?

Back

Mass

Front

What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact?

Back

Friction

Front

What is the unit of force in the metric system?

Back

Newton

Front

What is the term for the speed and direction of an object's motion?

Back

Velocity