Force and Motion Vocabulary 1

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The force that exists between two surfaces in contact with each other and thus opposes an objects motion is called:

When forces acting on an object cause motion on that object, the forces are said to be:

A change in position in relation to a reference point is called:

The experimental variable which is determined by the independent variable and is found to be plotted on the y axis when experimental results are graphed:

This is defined as the distance traveled divided by the time to go that distance:

When all forces oppose each other on an object resulting in no motion of the object, we say the forces are:

This is a push or pull exerted on an object causing a change in motion:

A variable that the experimenter chooses and can be changed at the beginning of the experiment is called: