Net force vocab quiz

Force

A push or pull

Direction

A straight path that an object can move along

Balanced force

Doesn’t cause a change in motion

Unbalanced force

Causes a change in motion

inertia

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

Motion

Change in an objects position  in the respect to time and in comparison used as reference points.

Magnitude

an amount of strength of force

Net force

The sum of all of the forces acting on an object

Speed

The rate of change of position with respect to time; speed is distance per time (s=d/t)

Velocity

Speed and direction; rate of change of an objects position

Acceleration

Rate of change in velocity

Newton second law of motion

When forces acted upon an object, the object will accelerate

Frame of reference

A system that uses coordinates or background objects to establish position or measure movement of a point in space