Forces Vocabulary

A force that draws two or more objects together

• Attraction

• Repulsion

• Net Force

• Positive Charge

A force that pushes two or more objects away from each other.

• Attraction

• Repulsion

• Net Force

• Positive Charge

Something that can change the motion of an object by a push, pull or twist

• Gravity

• Friction

• Force

• Positive Charge

When more than one force acts on an object, the forces COMBINE to form a _________.

• Repulsion

• Net Force

• Gravity

• Friction

The aerodynamic force that opposes an object’s motion through the air.

• Drag

• Repulsion

• Attraction

• Gravity

The tendency of a force to turn or twist.

• Acceleration

• Drag

• Thrust

• Torque

An arrow that represents a force, which indicates magnitude and direction.

• Vector

• Friction

• Force

• Net Force

The size of a force.

• Magnitude

• Direction

• Vector

• Drag

The ability of an object to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

• Buoyancy

• Floating

• Friction

• Coefficient

A force that resists the sliding or rolling of one solid object over another.

• Friction

• Gravity

• Drag

• Force