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Unit 3 Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rate at which the velocity of an object changes

a)

average acceleration

b)

acceleration

c)

Displacement

d)

Free-fall acceleration

2.

The change in an object's velocity during a measurable time interval divided by that specific time interval; measured in m/s2

a)

Average velocity

b)

Average acceleration

c)

Instantaneous acceleration

d)

Centripetal acceleration

3.

The motion of an object when air resistance is negligible and the motion can be considered due to the force of gravity alone.

a)

Free-fall accleration

b)

Free-fall

c)

Average acceleration

d)

Instantaneous acceleration

4.

The change in an object's velocity at a specific instant in time.

a)

Average accleration

b)

Instantaneous accleration

c)

Negative accleration

d)

Equilibrium

5.

A graph that has velocity plotted on the vertical axis and time plotted on the horizontal axis; its slope is the acceleration of the object whose motion is described by the graph.

a)

Positon-time graph

b)

Distance-time graph

c)

Acceleration-time graph

d)

Velocity-time graph

6.

The acceleration of an object due only to the effect of gravity.

a)

Free fall

b)

Free-fall acceleration

c)

Terminal velocity

d)

Gravitational acceleration

7.

Newton's first law of motion

a)

States that an object at rest will remain at rest and a moving object will continue moving in a straight line with constant speed, if and only if the net force acting on an object is zero.

b)

States that the acceleration of an object is proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object being accelerated.

c)

States that the angular acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net torque on it and inversely proportional to its moment of inertia.

d)

States that all forces come in pairs and that the two forces in a pair act on different objects, are equal in strength, and are opposite in direction.

8.

Newton's second law of motion

a)

States that an object at rest will remain at rest and a moving object will continue moving in a straight line with constant speed, if and only if the net force acting on an object is zero.

b)

States that the acceleration of an object is proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object being accelerated.

c)

States that the angular acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net torque on it and inversely proportional to its moment of inertia.

d)

States that all forces come in pairs and that the two forces in a pair act on different objects, are equal in strength, and are opposite in direction.

9.

Newton's third law of motion

a)

States that an object at rest will remain at rest and a moving object will continue moving in a straight line with constant speed, if and only if the net force acting on an object is zero.

b)

States that the acceleration of an object is proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object being accelerated.

c)

States that the angular acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net torque on it and inversely proportional to its moment of inertia.

d)

States that all forces come in pairs and that the two forces in a pair act on different objects, are equal in strength, and are opposite in direction.

10.

Free-body diagram

a)

A physical model that represents the forces acting on a system

b)

A series of images that represent the motion of an object taken at regular time intervals

c)

A simplified version of a motion diagram in which the moving object is replaced by a series of single points

d)

A coordinate system from which motion is viewed

11.

The vector sum of all forces acting on an object

a)

Free-body diagram

b)

Net force

c)

Total force

d)

Normal force

12.

The condition in which the net force on an object is zero.

a)

Equillibrium

b)

Null force

c)

Balanced force

d)

Free fall

13.

The tendency of an object to resist changes in velocity

a)

Resistance

b)

Inertia

c)

Friction

d)

Impedence

14.

The perpendicular contact force exerted by a surface on an object.

a)

Friction

b)

Drag force

c)

Normal force

d)

Net force

15.

The specific name for the force exerted by a rope or a string.

a)

Normal force

b)

Friction

c)

Drag force

d)

Tension