Newton's Laws Vocab Quiz

States that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside, unblanced force.

• Newton (N)

• Newton's 1st law

• Newton's 2nd law

• Net Force

A unit of measurement for force.

• Inertia

• kilograms (kg)

• meters (m)

• newtons (N)

The force that attracts an object towards the center of Earth.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Friction

• Inertia

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A push or pull

• friction

• inertia

• gravity

• force

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The amount of matter in an object.

• mass

• weight

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

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The distance an object travels in a certain amount of time; the formula is distance/time

• net force

• speed

• velocity

• inertia

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Speed in a given direction.

• net force

• speed

• velocity

• inertia

Unequal opposing forces produce a force causing motion.

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• net force

• inertia

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Equal forces acting in opposite directions on one object; produces no motion.

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• net force

• inertia

Overall force; the sum of forces on an object.

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• net force

• inertia

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