Forces & Motion Vocabulary
The state in which one object’s distance from another is changing.
What is Motion?
The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together.
What is Net Force?
Law of inertia: an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion.
What is Newton’s first law?
The tendency of an object to resist a change of motion.
What is Inertia?
A unit of measure that equals the force required to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at 1 meter per second per second.
What is a Newton?
The distance an object travels per unit of time.
What is Speed?
The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other.
What is Friction?
When a force acts (pushes or pulls) on an object, it changes the object’s speed or direction.
What is Newton’s second law?
The rate at which velocity changes.
What is Acceleration?
A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object.
What is Weight?
Speed in a given direction.
What is Velocity?
The attractive force between objects.
What is Gravity?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s third law?
The ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change.
What is Slope?
This sport is known as “the beautiful game” worldwide.
What is soccer?
A place or object used for comparison to determine whether an object is in motion.
What is a Reference point?
Applied when objects touch.
What is a Contact force?
This law explains why seatbelts are important when a car suddenly stops.
What is Newton’s first law?
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This Disney character has a pet tiger named Rajah.
Who is Jasmine?
This fast-food chain is known for its golden arches.
What is McDonald’s?
This animal is known as the “king of the jungle.”
What is a lion?
This popular video game features building, mining, and surviving in a blocky world.
What is Minecraft?
This snack food is made from potatoes and often comes in flavors like barbecue and sour cream & onion.
What are potato chips?
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