Unit 10: Force and Motion Vocabulary Practice

What is speed?

• The distance traveled by an object in a certain amount of time

• The direction an object is moving
• moving fast
• any change in speed or direction

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Which of the following is a unit of speed ?

• sec
• m/s²

• m/s
• m

What are the two things that must be measured in order to find an objects velocity?

• speed and direction
• acceleration and speed
• direction and time
• distance and rate

Which of the following is an example of velocity?

• running 10 m/s

• running 10 km

• running 10 m/s quickly

• running 10 m/s south

Acceleration is a change in ________. 

• direction 
• speed 
• velocity 
• distance 

Acceleration can be: _______________.

Choose all that apply.

• Speeding up

• Traveling at a constant speed

• Slowing Down

• Changing directions

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

• friction

• force

• magnet

• gravity

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What is the unit to MEASURE force?

• Kilogram

• Meter

• Joule

• Newton

This type of force resists motion between two surfaces that are pressed together

• contact
• gravity
• friction

Gravity is a force that...

• Pushes objects away from Earth

• Pulls objects towards Earth

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