Forces & Motion Objective 1

What is "velocity"?

• A measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time

• The difference between the starting position and the final position

• Total length covered

• The speed and direction of a moving object

Balanced forces can cause

• an object to speed up or slow down
• an object to stay still or move at a constant speed and direction

this force is ___________ and there will be 

• unbalanced, no movement
• balanced, movement to the left
• balanced, no movement

What is a force?

• something Darth Vadar has

• a push or a pull

• something you can see

To calculate forces that are in the same direction you..

• subtract them

• add them

• multiply them

• divide them

To calculate forces that are in opposite directions you...

• add them

• subtract them

• multiply them

• divide them

The unbalanced force that opposes motion is known as...

• friction

• force

• push or pull

• the tires on a car

An object in motion/rest stays in motion/ rest.... is what law?

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

Inertia is...

• an objects ability to change direction

• an objects ability to move

• forces depend on the mass and weight of the object

• an objects tendency to resist change in motion

The faster an object moves, the ___ kinetic energy it has.

• more

• less

• same

• all of the above