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Newton and Motion
Question | Answer |
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What is the average distance covered per unit of time known as? | speed |
What is an object used to determine if another object is in motion called? | reference point |
What is displacement over a period of time in a given direction? | velocity |
What is any change in an object's velocity known as? | acceleration |
What is a push or pull also known as? | force |
What is a combination of forces that causes no motion known as? | balanced forces |
What is a combination of all of the forces on an object known as? | net force |
What is a combination of forces that causes motion known as? | unbalanced forces |
What is the natural attraction between any two objects with mass? | gravity |
Gravitational fields decrease with an increase in what? | distance |
Gravitational fields increase with an increase in what? | mass |
What is the rate of acceleration due to gravity all objects on Earth feel at sea-level? | 9.8 m/s/s |
What is the unit for force? | newton |
What is the force that resists all motion in a direction opposite to that motion? | friction |
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion? | inertia |
Which of Newton's 3 laws says, "An object at rest or in motion remains so unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?" | 1st |
Which of Newton's 3 laws says, "The force an object feels is due to the product of the object's mass and acceleration?" | 2nd |
Which of Newton's 3 laws says, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?" | 3rd |
What is the force you exert on the ground due to gravity known as? | weight |
What is a measure of the amount of matter in an object known as? | mass |
Which can change with your position in the universe: weight or mass? | weight |