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Chapter 2 & 3 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A change in an object's position relative to a reference point.

a)

motion

b)

displacement

c)

momentum

d)

acceleration

2.

The distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.

a)

displacement

b)

motion

c)

velocity

d)

momentum

3.

The speed and direction of a moving object.

a)

velocity

b)

momentum

c)

acceleration

d)

motion

4.

Property of a moving object that equals its mass times its velocity.

a)

momentum

b)

acceleration

c)

motion

d)

displacement

5.

Rate of change of velocity that can be calculated by dividing the change in the velocity by the time it takes the change to occur.

a)

acceleration

b)

momentum

c)

displacement

d)

motion

6.

Acceleration of an object toward the center of a curved or circular path.

a)

centripetal acceleration

b)

displacement

c)

velocity

d)

momentum

7.

A push or pull on an object

a)

force

b)

friction

c)

gravity

d)

field

8.

Sum of all the forces that are acting on an object.

a)

net force

b)

friction

c)

weight

d)

gravity

9.

Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces.

a)

friction

b)

gravity

c)

field

d)

weight

10.

Attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

a)

gravity

b)

field

c)

friction

d)

force

11.

A region of space in which every point has a physical quantity, such as a force.

a)

field

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

net force

12.

Gravitational force exerted on an object.

a)

weight

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

field

13.

States that an object moving at a constant velocity keeps moving at that velocity unless an unbalanced force acts on it.

a)

Newton's first law of motion

b)

Newton's second law of motion

c)

Newton's third law of motion

14.

States that the acceleration of an object is in the same direction as the net force on the object, and that the acceleration equals the net force divided by its mass.

a)

Newton's second law of motion

b)

Newton's first law of motion

c)

Newton's third law of motion

15.

States that when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts a force on the first object that is equal in strength and in the opposite direction.

a)

Newton's third law of motion

b)

Newton's second law of motion

c)

Newton's first law of motion

16.

Force that opposes the motion of objects that move through air.

a)

air resistance

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

terminal velocity

17.

The maximum speed an object will reach when falling through a substance, such as air.

a)

terminal velocity

b)

free fall

c)

air resistance

d)

centripetal force

18.

Describes the fall of an object on which only the force of gravity is acting.

a)

free fall

b)

terminal velocity

c)

momentum

d)

acceleration

19.

A force that is directed toward the center of a curved or circular path.

a)

centripetal force

b)

centripetal acceleration

c)

velocity

d)

free fall

20.

States that if no external forces act on a group of objects, the total momentum does not change.

a)

law of conservation of momentum

b)

Newton's first law of motion

c)

Newton's second law of motion

d)

Newton's third law of motion