Vocabulary 9 Quiz

Change in an objects speed or direction over a specific amount of time.

• Deceleration
• Inertia
• Acceleration
• Velocity

A push or pull exerted on an object

• Acceleration
• Force
• Velocity
• Energy

the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

• momentum

• speed

• friction
• smoothness

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• Gravity

• Momentum

• nuclear force
• electromagnetic force

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• inertia
• friction
• velocity
• momentum

The distance an object travels per unit of time (distance/time)

• Speed
• Weight
• Acceleration

• Force

Speed in a given direction

• Time
• Velocity
• Distance
• Acceleration

the force or speed with which something moves (mass x velocity)

• Momentum
• Friction
• Inertia
• Acceleration

An object's change in position relative to a reference point.

• Motion

• Distance
• Velocity
• Acceleration

an increase in speed or velocity

• constant speed
• positive acceleration

• deceleration
• reverse