Forces Vocabulary

The resistance to the motion of an object due to air having to be pushed out of the way.

• Drag

• Friction

• Gravity

• Net Force

A force that is created by to movement of charged particles.

• Electromagnetism

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Mass

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Movement of an object that is created by the application of a force.

• Motion

• Inertia

• Weight

• Friction

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The combination of forces that are acting on an object

• Force

• Net Force

• Magnetic Field

• Newton's Laws

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A picture used to show the forces that are acting on an object.

• Free body diagram

• Motion map

• Force map

• Motion diagram

The forces on opposite sides of and object are equal

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Net Force

• Force Diagram

The forces that are opposite each other are not equal

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Net Forces

• Force Diagrams

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A measure of the force of gravity on an object

• Mass

• Weight

• Inertia

• Drag

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Force is defined as a ____ or pull.

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A free body diagram (FBD) is

• a push or pull

• The unit that force is measured in

• Picture that shows all forces acting on an object

• How fast/slow an object is moving