Lesson 1 Topic 4 Describing motion and force

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

• motion

• reference point

• force

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a place or object used to determine whether or not something is or was in motion

• motion

• reference point

• force

any push or pull

• motion

• reference point

• force

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a unit used to measure the strength of a force

• force

• newton

• friction

a combination of all the forces acting on something such as an object

• gravity

• net force

• friction

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more friction will . . .

• slow something down and/or make it travel less distance

• allow something to move faster and/or a further distance

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less friction will . . .

• slow something down and/or make it travel less distance

• allow something to move faster and/or a further distance

_____________________ cause motion to occur.

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

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_____________________ will result in no motion occurring.

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

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When forces of an object are balanced, the net force is _______.

• 0

• any positive/negative number but not zero

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