Force vocab (Ch. 17)

An objects tendency to resist a change in motion

• Speed

• Velocity

• Inertia

• Gravity

Force that opposes motion

• Gravity

• net force

• Friction

• additive force

Force is a

• push

• pull

• push or a pull

• none of the above

Sum of all forces acting on a object

• summation

• additive property

• Net force

• thrust

unbalanced forces

• forces on an object tat are equal in size and opposite in direction

• a change in an object's speed or direction (velocity)

• two forces that are not equal in size and that cause a change in motion

• a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces

Resistance when one surface or object moves across another.

• Friction
• Inertia
• Gravity
• Force

Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction.

• Balanced force
• Unbalanced force
• Potential Energy
• Friction

Mass is

• The amount of matter an object has

• How much something weighs

• Lower on the Moon

• A push or pull on an object

Weight

• is the measure of the force of gravity on an objects mass

• won't change on other planets

• is not related to mass

• a highly influential song by The Band released in 1968

Force is measured in

• Meters per second

• Kilograms

• Newtons

• Skywalkers