Forces and Motion EOG Review Vocabulary

What is the movement of something called?

• Force

• Motion

• Gravity

• Friction

Which force pulls all objects towards the center of the Earth?

• Friction

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Momentum

What is the result of a force being applied to an object that changes its direction or speed?

• Acceleration

• Constant

• Balanced forces

• Inertia

What is the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion called?

• Friction

• Inertia

• Momentum

• Constant

What happens when the forces on an object are pushing harder in one direction than in the other?

• Balanced forces

• Constant

• Unbalanced forces

• Gravity

• the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change

• Momentum

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Motion

• What is the result of a force being applied to an object that changes the object’s direction or speed.

• Inertia

• Unbalanced forces

• Friction

• Acceleration