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6th Unit B Chp 3
6th Ch.3 study stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a push or a pull | force |
| the force of attraction that exists between any two objects | gravity |
| the amount of matter in an object | mass |
| a measure of the pull of gravity on an object's mass | weight |
| in the metric system, the unit used to measure force or weight | newton |
| the combination of all the forces acting on an object | net force |
| equal forces acting in opposite directions | balanced forces |
| the change in position of one object compared to the position of another | relative motion |
| the object an observer uses to detect motion | frame of reference |
| the distance an object moves in a certain period of time | speed |
| the speed at any given point | instantaneous speed |
| a device that shows instantaneous speed | speedometer |
| a measure of both the speed and direction of a moving object | velocity |
| the change in velocity during a particular time period | acceleration |
| a statement that describes events or relationships that exist in nature | law |
| the resistance of an object to change in state of motion | inertia |
| a force between surfaces that resists the movement of one surface past the other surface | friction |
| the friction from air molecules hitting an object as the object moves through the air | air resistance |
| All objects resist changes in motion | Newton's First Law of Motion |
| An object's acceleration depends on the mass of the object and the size and direction of the force acting on it | Newton's Second Law of Motion |
| When one object exerts a force upon a second object, the second object exerts and equal and opposite force upon the first object | Newton's Third Law of Motion |