Motion
Forces
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
Vocab
Newton's Laws
100

When an object's distance to another object changes over time, that object is said to be:

In motion

100

What happens when two forces act in the same direction?

They add together

100

Total distance traveled divided by the total time is:

Average Speed

100

The force of gravity on a person or object on the surface of a planet is called

Weight

100

Newton's ______ Law: An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

First

200

Balanced forces _________ change an object's motion.

Do not

200

What type of a force is air resistance

(Fluid) Friction

200

Speed in a given direction:

Velocity

200

A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion is called:

A reference point

200

The achievement of lifting a rocket off the ground and into space can be explained by which of Newton's Laws

Newton's THIRD Law

300

The greater the mass of the object, the _________ the inertia.

Greater

300

The law of universal gravitation states that any two objects in the universe, without exception, ___________ ______ ________.

Attract each other

300

Name one way to increase acceleration.

Increase Force; Decrease Mass

300

Speed that does not change is referred to as __________ speed.

Constant

300

According to Newton's third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail does this:

Exerts an equal force back on the hammer.

400

When the only force acting on a falling object is gravity, the object is said to be

In free fall

400

As the distance between two objects increases, the gravitational force between them ____________.

decreases

400

Changing direction is an example of a kind of

Acceleration

400

The property of matter that resists a change in motion is called:

Inertia

400

The product of an object's mass and acceleration is called

Force

500

A person traveling in a car that stops suddenly keeps moving forward due to _____________.

Inertia

500

Friction acts in a direction __________ to an object's direction of motion.

Opposite

500

To determine the acceleration rate of an object, you must calculate the change in velocity divided by: 

Time

500

The overall force on an object after all forces are added together is called the _______ force.

Net

500

What equation describes Newton's Second Law

Force = Mass x Acceleration