Vocabulary: Collision Course

The rate at which an object’s velocity changes over time

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Motion

Forces that are equal in size but act in opposite directions, causing no change in movement.

• Unbalanced forces

• Reaction forces

• Balanced forces

• Action forces

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A law in physics stating that when two objects interact, they exert forces on each other

• Newton's first law

• Newton's second law

• Newton's third law

• Law of gravity

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What are forces that are not equal to one another called?

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Reaction forces

• Action forces

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The act of two objects hitting each other with force

• Motion

• Collision

• Acceleration

• Velocity

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The process of changing position or location.

• Speed

• Motion

• Velocity

• Acceleration

How fast something is moving or the rate at which it moves.

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Motion

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The measure of how quickly an object is moving in a given direction

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Motion

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The force that acts in the opposite direction to the action force.

• Balanced force

• Unbalanced force

• Reaction force

• Gravitational force

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The type of force acting in one direction.

• Reaction force

• Action force

• Balanced force

• Unbalanced force

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