Unit 4 vocab

Front

PUSH OR PULL causing change in motion

Back

force

Front

Forces causing motion change that don't cancel each other out.

Back

unbalanced forces

Front

Force of attraction between two objects

Back

Gravity

Front

Change in speed or direction

Back

Acceleration

Front

No acceleration occurs without an unbalanced force.

Back

Newton's First Law of Motion

Front

Tendency for an object to resist motion

Back

Inertia

Front

Forces that cancel each other out, equal in size & opposite in direction.

Back

Balanced forces

Front

A force opposing motion

Back

friction

Front

Acceleration depends on force and mass.

Back

Newton's Second Law of Motion

Front

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Back

Newton's Third Law of Motion