Mod 3 Vocabulary Quiz

A region of space in which every point has a physical quantity such as a force.

• Force
• Field
• Terminal velocity

A push or pull exerted on an object.

• Force
• Free Fall
• Newton's first law

Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces.

• Terminal Velocity
• Friction
• Inertia

Sum of all forces that are acting on an object.

• Net Force
• Weight
• Friction

Attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

• Force
• Gravity
• Mass

Gravitational force exerted on an object.

• Weight
• Friction
• Net force

Tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.

• Inertia
• Newton's first law
• Freefall

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force.

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Science

The force acting on an object is equal to the mass multiplied by the acceleration. F=ma

• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law
• Gravity

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• Newton's third law
• Newton's first law
• Force