Force and Motion Vocab

_______ is the increase in the velocity, speed and/or direction of an object.  Measured in meters/sec²

• inertia
• gravity
• acceleration
• friction

______ is the rate at which something moves.  The formula for calculating it is distance/time.  

• acceleration
• speed
• velocity

A force that opposes the motion of two objects in contact with one another is called __________.

• unbalanced forces
• balanced forces
• inertia
• friction

The measurement of speed and direction of an object is called __________.

• velocity
• gravity
• force
• kinetic energy

The pull that matter exerts on all other matter is called ___________.

• inertia
• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• gravity

__________ energy is stored energy that an object has due to its position.

• kinetic
• potential

_________ energy is the energy of motion.

• kinetic
• potential

An object's tendency to resist a change in movement is called __________.

• inertia
• force
• velocity
• gravity

A _______ is a push or a pull on an object.

• force
• velocity
• acceleration
• speed

The unit of force name in honor of
Sir Isaac Newton is called a _______.

• Newton
• Force
• Joule
• Work