Forces Vocabulary

What is the definition of system?

• Everything that surrounds a system.

• An object’s tendency to resist changes in its motion.

• The specific, identifiable source of the force acting on the system.

• A part of the universe that has been chosen for study.

What is the definition of environment?

• Everything that surrounds a system.

• An object’s tendency to resist changes in its motion.

• The specific, identifiable source of the force acting on the system.

• A part of the universe that has been chosen for study.

What is the definition of agent?

• Everything that surrounds a system.

• An object’s tendency to resist changes in its motion.

• The specific, identifiable source of the force acting on the system.

• A part of the universe that has been chosen for study.

What is the definition of inertia?

• Everything that surrounds a system.

• An object’s tendency to resist changes in its motion.

• The specific, identifiable source of the force acting on the system.

• A part of the universe that has been chosen for study.

What is the definition of equilibrium?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force exerted when an object comes into contact with another object.

• A force that can be exerted over a distance and does not require contact in order to be exerted.

• A diagram showing an object and the directions and magnitudes of all the forces acting on the object.

What is the definition of contact force?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force exerted when an object comes into contact with another object.

• A force that can be exerted over a distance and does not require contact in order to be exerted.

• A diagram showing an object and the directions and magnitudes of all the forces acting on the object.

What is the definition of non-contact force?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force exerted when an object comes into contact with another object.

• A force that can be exerted over a distance and does not require contact in order to be exerted.

• A diagram showing an object and the directions and magnitudes of all the forces acting on the object.

What is the definition of free-body diagram?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force exerted when an object comes into contact with another object.

• A force that can be exerted over a distance and does not require contact in order to be exerted.

• A diagram showing an object and the directions and magnitudes of all the forces acting on the object.

What is the definition of force?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force that resists the relative motion of two objects or substances sliding against one another.

• The overall force acting on a system or object, after opposing or balanced forces cancel each other out.

• A push or pull on an object as a result of its interaction with another object or field.

What is the definition of net force?

• A situation where the net force on an object is zero.

• A force that resists the relative motion of two objects or substances sliding against one another.

• The overall force acting on a system or object, after opposing or balanced forces cancel each other out.

• A push or pull on an object as a result of its interaction with another object or field.