Topic 4 Vocabulary Quiz

The state in which one object’s distance from another is changing.

• Motion

• Reference Point

• Force

• Newton

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A place or object used for comparison to determine whether an object is in motion.

• Speedometer
• Motion detector
• Static object
• Reference point

A unit of measure that equals the force required to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at 1 meter per second per second.

• Newton
• Joule
• Friction

• Watt

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The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill.

• Friction
• Magnetism
• Gravity
• Inertia

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The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together.

• Combined force
• Net force
• Total force
• Resultant force

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When one variable is dependent on another variable.

• Relative

• Extraneous variable
• Control variable
• Gravity

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The distance an object travels per unit of time.

• Velocity
• Speed
• Acceleration
• Momentum

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The steepness of a graph line; the ratio of the vertical change (the rise) to the horizontal change (the run).

• function
• slope
• intercept
• variable

Speed in a given direction.

• Momentum
• Acceleration
• Force
• Velocity

The rate at which velocity changes.

• Momentum
• Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration