Motion & Force Vocab Quiz

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

• Displacement
• Acceleration
• Balanced force
• Speed

standing still and not moving

• Stationary
• Net Force
• Frictionless
• Balanced force

A measure of the force of gravity on an object

• Weight
• Unbalanced forces
• Net Force
• Applied Force

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A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• Gravity
• Inertia
• Velocity
• Unbalanced forces

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• Inertia
• Displacement
• Frictionless
• Friction

relative direction or size in which an object moves

• Magnitude
• Instantaneous speed
• Velocity
• Average speed

A push or pull exerted on an object

• Force
• Instantaneous speed
• Average speed
• Weight

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a force which is applied to an object by a person or another object

• Applied Force
• Unbalanced forces
• Force
• Displacement

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The combination of all forces acting on an object

• Net Force
• Gravity
• Magnitude
• Unbalanced forces

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

• Friction
• Displacement
• Inertia
• Frictionless