Motion and Forces

What is the rate at which velocity changes?

• acceleration

• average speed

• constant velocity

• instantaneous speed

What is the overall rate at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time?

• average speed

• acceleration

• constant velocity

• instantaneous speed

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What are equal forces acting on an object in different directions?

• balanced forces

• force

• gravity

• motion

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What is an object that has a constant speed and motion in a constant direction, or a straight path?

• constant velocity

• motion

• instantaneous speed

• net force

A push or a pull exerted on an abject

• force

• gravity

• mass

• motion

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The force that pulls all objects towards each other

• gravity

• force

• motion

• net force

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The speed of an object at one instant in time

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• net force

• reference point

A measure of how much matter is in an object

• mass

• motion

• net force

• slope

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The state at which one object's distance from another is changing

• motion

• balanced forces

• constant velocity

• slope

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The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together

• net force

• newton

• reference point

• slope

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