Force & Motion Vocabulary

This is an object's location relative to another object.

• direction

• motion

• position

• speed

_________ is friction between a moving object and air particles.

• friction

• matter

• gravity

• air resistance

A non-contact force of attraction that that exists between any two objects

• friction

• gravity

• magnetism

• air resistance

This is a non-contact force that acts at a distance and cannot be seen. Materials that create this force are said to be magnetic.

• gravity

• friction

• magnetism

• air resistance

_______________ are forces that are not equal in size and/or direction and produce a change in motion of an object,

• contact forces

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

• non-contact forces

This is how much matter is in an object.

• mass

• surface area

• speed

• direction

____________Is the size of an object's surface.

• speed

• surface area

• texture

• motion

What kind of force requires two pieces of matter to touch?

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• contact force

• non-contact force

a push or a pull that can make things move faster, slower, stop, or change direction

• force

• gravity

• magnetism

• friction

________ is a contact force that acts against motion and slows down moving objects.

• contact force

• gravity

• speed

• friction