Contact Forces Goal B Vocabulary

Definition: force that opposes the motion of objects that move through the air.

• tension

• air resistance

• normal force

• gravity

Definition: a force that opposes the motion of an object.

• normal force

• applied force

• net force

• frictional force

Definition: the force perpendicular to a surface that prevents an object from falling through the surface.

• net force

• applied force

• air resistance

• normal force

Definition: A quantity that has magnitude and direction

• vector

• gravity

• net force

• scalar

Definition: Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object

• normal force

• tension

• drag

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Definition: The combination of all forces acting on an object

• applied force

• frictional force

• net force

• normal force

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Definition: a force which is applied to an object by a person or another object.

• net force

• normal force

• applied force

• frictional force

Definition: resistance by friction from air or water moving over a surface.

• drag

• vector

• tension

• gravity

A force that pulls objects toward each other.

• normal force

• air resistance

• gravity

• tension

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4