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Force Vocab Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| force | a push or a pull |
| friction | a force that resists motion between touching surfaces |
| gravity | the attractive force between objects |
| air resistance | the force of air pushing against an object |
| newton | the unit for force |
| spring scale | the tool for measuring force |
| Newton's 1st law | An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by a force |
| inertia | the tendency of an object to resist changes in motion |
| Newton's 2nd law | F=MxA If you apply more force to an object, it will accelerate more. |
| balanced forces | forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction |
| Newton's 3rd law | Every action force has an equal and opposite reaction force |
| action forces | The force you exert when you push on an object |
| reaction forces | The force that pushes back on you when you push on something |
| weight | Mass x gravity. Weight is a force! |
| momentum | Mass x velocity |