8 Sci Chapter 2 Vocab Quiz

combined forces produce a net force of zero

• balanced forces

• centripetal force

• circular motion

• contact force

a push or pull on an object by another object that is touching it

• balanced forces

• centripetal force

• contact force

• circular motion

a push or pull on an object

• balanced forces

• centripetal force

• force

• circular motion

in circular motion, a force that acts in perpendicular to the direction of motion toward the center of a curve

• centripetal force

• circular motion

• force

• balanced forces

any motion which the object is moving along a curved path

• circular motion

• contact force

• force

• balanced forces

a force that acts in a direction opposite that of motion that causes the object to slow down or stop

• force pair

• friction

• gravity

• motion

the forces two objects apply to each other

• force pair

• friction

• reference direction

• motion

attractive force that exists between all objects in nature

• force pair

• gravity

• motion

• reference direction

a direction that you choose from the starting point

• friction

• gravity

• motion

• reference direction

amount of matter in an object

• inertia

• mass

• momentum

• motion