Force Vocab

2. the average location of all the mass in an object or system
4. a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
6. he outcome or the net result of combining forces or quantities
9. the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time
12. the total force acting on an object, found by adding all individual forces together as vectors
14. force that resists the relative motion of surfaces that are touching, acting in the opposite direction of movement
15. a measure of an object's inertia, which is its resistance to a change in motion

1. the support force exerted by a surface that prevents an object from falling through it, always acting perpendicular to the surface
3. a quantity having direction and magnitude
5. the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion
7. the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate
8. push or pull that can change an object's state of motion, direction, or shape
10. a region of space where a non-contact force acts on a particle, described by the strength and direction of the force at every point
11. the SI unit of force
13. a simplified graphical representation of an object with all the forces acting on it shown as arrows