UNIT 5 VOCABULARY (I)

What is the total amount of motion traveled called?

• Displacement

• Speed

• Distance

• Velocity

What is the straight-line distance from Point A to Point B regardless of the path taken?

• Distance

• Displacement

• Speed

• Force

What is a measure of the amount of distance an object can travel in a certain amount of time?

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Force

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What is the speed of something in a given direction called?

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Displacement

What is a measure of the change in velocity over a certain period of time?

• Speed

• Force

• Acceleration

• Displacement

What is a push or a pull that an object experiences from another object or even a person?

• Force

• Speed

• Velocity

• Displacement

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What type of forces cause no change in direction or motion of an object?

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

• Net force

• Gravity

What type of forces can change motion, such as slowing down, speeding up, stopping, or changing direction?

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Net force

• Gravity

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What is the total amount of force acting on an object called?

• Balanced force

• Unbalanced force

• Net force

• Gravity

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What diagrams show all of the forces that act on an object at any instant in time?

• Free body diagrams

• Velocity diagrams

• Force diagrams

• Acceleration diagrams