Motion and Forces Vocabulary Quiz

The distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred

• acceleration

• momentum

• speed

• velocity

A description of the speed and direction of an object's motion

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Vector

The definition of momentum is

• Mass in Motion
• The size of an object
• The velocity of an object
• A comparison between two objects

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Acceleration is defined as

• the change in velocity over time

• the change in position over time

• the change in time over velocity

• the change in time over distance

A force is a _____

• push

• pull

• Both push and pull

• Object

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What will cause an object to move?

• Applied forces
• Balanced forces
• Unbalanced forces

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If an object is not moving the forces acting upon it are _____________

• unbalanced
• weak
• balanced
• Hulk Smash!

Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.

• similar
• opposite
• parallel
• west

This FORCE pulls things.  It PULLS things into orbit around the sun. 

• Newton
• gravity
• weight
• path

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the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• acceleration

• inertia

• mass

• frame of reference