Force Vocabulary Quiz

an object has a tendency to keep doing what it was already doing

• Newton's First Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

a push or pull; also measured in Newtons

• mass

• speed

• acceleration

• force

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combination of all forces acting on an object

• net force

• mass

• weight

• acceleration

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equation for weight

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amount of matter in an object; measured in kilograms

• speed

• displacement

• mass

• weight

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a force that opposes motion when an object is sliding across a surface

• lift

• friction

• normal

• weight

a force that acts perpendicular and away from a surface (like your chair pushing UP on you right now)

• normal

• friction

• air resistance

• weight

a force that a rope exerts on an object when pulled tight

• friction

• air resistance

• weight

• tension

an attractive force that acts between you and the earth (two correct answers)

• weight

• gravitational

• friction

• spring

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for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

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