Intro to Physics and Newton's Laws Vocabulary

Define Inertia

• The speed of an object in a particular direction

• The rate at which velocity changes

• Stored energy

• The tendency of an object to resist any change in it's motion

Weight is a measure of the force of ______ on an object.

• Gravity

• Oxygen

• Mass

• Magnetism

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Mass is the amount of ______ in an object.

• Matter

• Gravity

• Velocity

• Friction

Velocity is...

• The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion

• The speed of an object

• The speed of an object in a particular direction

• Energy in motion

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A push or pull...

• Inertia

• Velocity

• Friction

• Force

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A force that pulls objects toward each other.

• Gravity

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Motion

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A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact

• Friction

• Inertia

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

Define acceleration...

• The rate at which velocity changes

• The force or speed with which something moves

• Stored Energy

• An object's change in position

Momentum is...

• The force or speed with which something moves

• The rate at which velocity changes

• The speed of an object in a particular direction

• A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

An object's change in position.

• Acceleration

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Motion