Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz

a push or a pull that acts on an object

• force
• newton
• net force
• friction
• static friction

the SI unit for force, equal to the force that causes a 1 kg mass to accelerate at a rate of 1 meter per second squared

• newton
• force
• net force
• friction
• static friction

the overall force acting on an object after all the forces are combined

• net force
• force
• newton
• friction
• static friction

a force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as the move past each other

• friction
• force
• newton
• net force
• static friction

a friction force that acts on objects that are not moving

• static friction
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction

a friction force that opposes the motion of an object as it slides over a surface

• sliding friction
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction

a friction force that acts on rolling objects, cased by the change in shape at the point of rolling contact

• rolling friction
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction

a friction force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid

• fluid friction
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction

fluid friction acting on an object moving through the air

• air resistance
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction

the attraction between any two objects because of their masses

• gravity
• force
• newton
• net force
• friction