Force & Motion Vocabulary Review Lesson

What is the force that tries to pull two objects together?

• magnetism

• friction

• gravity

• electricity

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What kind of force acts at a distance?

• contact force

• non-contact force

• friction

• air resistance

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The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion is called _______.

• acceleration

• gravity

• friction

• inertia

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The distance traveled in an amount of time is known as ________.

• speed

• acceleration

• potential energy

• friction

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These forces are equal, so they cancel each other out when acting on a single object.

• unbalanced forces

• balanced forces

• all forces

• no forces

_________ energy is stored energy.

• electric

• gravity

• kinetic

• potential

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To _________ something means to back it up.

• move

• support

• push

• pull

A force that requires two pieces of matter to touch is a ________.

• gravity

• non-contact force

• contact force

• magnetism

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________ is the rate at which the speed or direction of motion changes over time (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction).

• acceleration

• friction

• speed

• force

Forces that are not equal and do not cancel each other out when acting on a single object are _________.

• all forces

• balanced forces

• equal forces

• unbalanced forces