Matter in Motion Vocabulary Quiz

A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object

• motion
• friction
• acceleration
• weight

The rate at which the velocity changes

• weight
• acceleration
• motion
• friction

When an object changes posistion overtime when compared with a reference point

• weight
• acceleration
• motion
• friction

The force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching

• weight
• acceleration
• motion
• friction

How you measure force are called Newtons (N).

• True
• False

Simply push or pull is called force.

• True
• False

The rate at which an object moves is called speed.

• True
• False

The amount of matter in an object 

• velocity
• mass
• gravity
• net fore

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• gravity
• velocity
• net force
• mass

A result from combining all the forces exerted on an object

• velocity
• net force
• gravity
• mass