Force Vocabulary

• Balanced
• Unbalanced

___________ is an opposing force that makes objects in motion slow down.

• force

• speed

• friction

• mass

What will cause an object to move?

• Applied forces
• Balanced forces
• Unbalanced forces

A push or pull exerted on a object

• Net force

• Force

• Inertia

a unit of measure that equals the force required to accelerate 1 kilo of mass at 1 meter per second

• Newton

• Friction

• Action/Reaction

sum of forces acting on a particle or body.

• Net force

• Balnced

• Acceleration

two forces acting in opposite directions on an object, and equal in size

• Friction

• F=ma

• Balanced Force

• Friction

one that causes a change in the motion of the object to which the force is applied

• Action/Reaction

• Unbalanced Force

• Acceleration

the action of one surface or object rubbing against another

• Force

• F=ma

• Friction

the rate of change of velocity per unit of time

• Acceleration

• Balanced Force

• Inertia