Force and Motion Vocabulary

Force is....

• The process of being moved from one place to another
• Measure of the inertia of an object
• A push or a pull that changes the speed or direction of an object
• The total force acting on an object

This occurs when two objects rub against each other, slowing their motion

• Friction
• Matter
• Force
• Heat

What is resistance?

• Two things pushing against each other
• Not wanting to do something
• Net force of the object being pushed with force
• Works against an object or slows motion

Forces that act in opposite directions; they are subtracted

• Opposing forces
• Combined forces
• Net force
• Balanced force

What is gravity?

• Pulling of an object towards you
• Force that acts between any two masses
• Total force acting on an object
• Effect of a force

The ability to do work is _____________.

• Force
• Energy
• Time
• Amount

What causes an object to remain in place?

• Gravity
• Balanced forces
• Net force
• Unbalanced forces

What is distance?

• Effect of a force
• Moving an object
• The force that opposes motion (may produce heat)
• The measure of how far something moves

The direction and distance of an object from its starting point is ____________.

• Graph
• Meter
• Displacement
• Direction

The greater the mass of an object, the lower the..........

• Effect of force
• Ability to do work
• Change in motion
• Movement of the object