Physics Vocabulary

Speed = _______________

• Distance + time

• Distance – time

• Distance x time

• Distance / time

Another word for distance divided by time would be what?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time
• Temperature and mass
• Mass and distance
• Distance and time

Which of the following is a unit of distance

• meters

• seconds

• m/s

• m/s/s

What is a unit for time?

• seconds

• meters

• m/s

• m/s/s

_____: tendency of an object to resist change in motion.

• Inertia

• Balanced Force

• Law of force and acceleration

• Velocity

_______: Distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Net Force

_________: A measurement of an object's speed and direction

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Inertia

Push or pull exerted on an object

• Motion

• Force

• Inertia

• Balanced Force

Force that pulls object towards earth

• air resistance

• Gravity

• Friction

• Frictionless