Force
a push or a pull
What is Force?
when an object changes position
What is motion?
the amount of distance an object travels in a certain amount of time
What is Speed?
shows the relationship between distance, time, and speed of a object
What is a Motion Graph?
What is a Distance Time graph?
force that pulls an object towards it
What is gravity?
an objects location
What is Position?
formula for determining the speed of an object
What is distance divided by time?
What is graphed on the X-AXIS of a Motion Graph?
What is Time?
force that slows down an object
What is friction?
the space between two objects
What is Distance?
True or False?
Friction decreases speed.
TRUE
What is graphed on the Y-AXIS of a Motion Graph?
What is Distance?
when forces are equal and there is no motion
What are balanced forces?
the course that an object moves along
What is Direction?
A car wants to drive up a hill, does it need to increase or decrease it's speed to get up the hill?
The steeper, or taller, the line on a motion graph...
the FASTER THE SPEED
when forces are NOT equal and one force is stronger than the other
What are unbalanced forces?
True or False?
The more mass an object has, the greater the force needs to be to move it
TRUE
It took the coach 10 minutes to travel each of the following distances. When was the coach moving the slowest?
Car to the locker room: 60ft
Locker room to the gym: 20ft
Gym to the office: 30ft
What is Locker room to the gym?
when an object has stopped or is AT REST, what does the line look like on the graph?
The line is horizontal, or straight across