IPC Unit 7 Vocabulary

A push or a pull on an object that may change the motion of the object

• force
• mass
• matter
• motion

forces on all sides are equal; an object's motion will not change; the net force = 0

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• gravity

• motion

Forces are NOT equal ; net force does not equal zero ; an object’s motion will change

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• gravity

• motion

the overall force on an object

• balanced force
• unbalanced force
• net force
• motion

The units used for forces (N)

• friction

• gravity

• Newtons

• mass

The amount of matter in an object

• mass

• matter

• speed

• gravity

A force that pulls all objects that have mass toward one another

• friction

• gravity

• net force

• motion

A force that resists motion when two surfaces are touching

• friction

• gravity

• net force

• motion

Any change in the location of an object

• Newton's 1st law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• motion

• force

The scientist credited with the three laws of motion

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Stephen Hawking
• Issac Newton