Chapter 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Friction is a force that acts in a(n) ___________ direction of movement.

• similar

• opposite

• parallel

• west

The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

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What is force?

• A push exerted on an object
• A push or pull exerted on an object
• A pull exerted on an object
• Nothing

What is Newton's First Law

• F=ma
• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
• An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion. 
• Friction 

In Newtonian physics, ________________ is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.

• kinematics

• free fall

• mechanics

• velocity

When the air resistance or drag is equal and opposite to the weight of the object you would call this

• terminal velocity

• gravitational weight

• flux capacitor

• rotational inertia

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This is a force of attraction between two objects that is directly related to mass and indirectly related to distance.

• mass

• weight

• gravity

• kilogram

the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• acceleration

• inertia

• mass

• frame of reference

The sum of all of the forces acting on an object is known as the _____.

• net force

• weight

• mass

• friction

According to Newton's Laws, for every action there is an ....

• equal and opposite reaction.

• equal and parallel reaction.

• unequal and opposite reaction.

• unequal and unrelated reaction.