Force and Motion Vocabulary Quiz

The distance an object travels per unit of time.

• meter

• velocity

• mass

• speed

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The amount of matter in an object.

• velocity

• inertia

• weight

• mass

The speed of an object at one instant of time.

• average speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• instantaneous speed

The state in which one object's distance from another is changing.

• friction

• motion

• acceleration

• velocity

The rate at which velocity changes.

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

• variable

The force of gravity on an object at the surface of a planet.

• mass

• force

• inertia

• weight

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Speed in a given direction.

• mass

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

Forces that produce a nonzero net force, which changes an object's motion.

• acceleration

• unbalanced forces

• inertia

• net force

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The fluid friction experienced by objects falling through the air.

• friction

• motion

• air resistance

• gravity

Any item, factor, or condition that can be controlled or changed in an experiment.

• acceleration

• function

• constant

• variable