Motion and Forces Vocab Quiz Review

 A change in an object’s position relative to a reference point.

• motion
• speed
• displacement
• acceleration
• field

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Distance and direction of an object’s change in position from the starting point.

• speed
• displacement
• motion
• velocity
• force

Distance an object travels per unit of time.

• velocity
• acceleration
• speed
• momentum
• force

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The speed and direction of a moving object

• acceleration
• air resistance
• speed
• velocity
• momentum

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Property of a moving object that equals its mass times its velocity.

• motion
• speed
• force
• velocity
• momentum

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 Rate of change of velocity, can be calculated by dividing the change in the velocity by the times it takes the change to occur.

• acceleration
• speed
• motion
• velocity
• momentum

A push or pull exerted on an object.

• gravity
• centripetal force
• force
• net force
• friction

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Sum of all the forces that are acting in an object.

• gravity
• centripetal force
• force
• net force
• friction

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Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces.

• gravity
• centripetal force
• force
• net force
• friction

Attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

• gravity
• centripetal force
• force
• net force
• friction

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