Force and Motion Vocab

4. Can cause an object to start moving, stop moving, or change direction
6. A quantity that has both magnitude and direction; usually shown with arrows
10. The SI unit that measures the strength of force
11. The state in which one object’s distance from another is changing.
13. The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together
14. A place or object used for comparison to determine whether an object is in motion

1. The attraction of force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill
2. The rate at which velocity changes over time; when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction
3. The force two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other
5. A measure of how fast something is moves through a particular distance over a definite time period
7. A speed in a specific direction
8. Equal forces acting on one object in opposite direction; results in no motion
9. A push or pull exerted on an object
12. The resistance of an object to a change in the speed or direction of its motion