Force and Motion Quiz

When one object applies a force to a second object, that force is called the

• reaction

• action

• momentum

• resistance

The force that acts against moving objects is called

• gravity

• acceleration

• friction

• unbalanced

The name for the attractive force between the mass of Earth and the mass of objects on Earth is

• weight

• inertia

• gravity

• magnetism

The speed of a moving object together with its direction of travel give the object's

• acceleration

• force

• speed

• velocity

How fast an object is changing its position over time at any moment is its

• acceleration

• force

• speed

• velocity

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The pull of gravity on an object is called the object's

• weight

• mass

• force

• inertia

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion is called the object's

• inertia

• friction

• momentum

• resistance

A change in velocity is called

• speed

• acceleration

• inertia

• friction

When all of the forces on an object cancel one another out, the forces are said to be

• inert

• unbalanced

• directed

• balanced

The push or pull that acts on an object is

• inertia

• resistance

• force

• mass