Force and Motion Vocab. Review

Front

What is the tendency for objects in motion to resist changes to their direction and speed?

Back

Inertia

Front

What are pictures with vectors that show the amount of force being applied to an object called?

Back

Force Diagrams

Front

What do we call forces that cancel each other out because they are the same amount but going in opposite directions?

Back

Balanced forces

Front

What does motion mean?

Back

To change position

Front

What does Newton's First Law of Motion state?

Back

That something sitting still will stay still, and something moving will keep moving in the same way unless a force changes its motion.

Front

What is the definition of force?

Back

A push or pull on an object.

Front

What is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI)?

Back

Newton (N)

Front

What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces?

Back

Balanced forces do not change the motion of an object, while unbalanced forces cause a change in motion.

Front

What is the formula for calculating force?

Back

Force = mass × acceleration (F = ma)

Front

What is acceleration?

Back

The rate of change of velocity of an object.