Physics Semester One Final Review

Front

A push or pull exerted on a body or object is:

Back

Force

Front

A standard for comparison that helps to ensure that the experimental result is caused by the condition being tested is the ____.

Back

Control

Front

The statement "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" is ____.

Back

Newton's third law of motion

Front

In a graph, the variable on the horizontal axis is the ____

Back

Independent variable

Front

The tendency to resist acceleration is ________.

Back

Inertia

Front

The measure of how much matter is in an object is called:

Back

Mass

Front

The rate at which an object changes its velocity is known as:

Back

Acceleration

Front

The force of gravity acting on an object is called:

Back

Weight

Front

The quantity that describes how fast an object is moving is:

Back

Speed

Front

The law stating that the total energy in a closed system remains constant is:

Back

Law of conservation of energy