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Forces Change Motion (2016)
Quiz prep for Motion and Forces chapter 2 sect 1
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8th Grade
02/08/2016

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force
Definition
A _______________ is defined as a push or a pull.
Term
contact force
Definition
If you are rollerblading, then your motion relies on a _________ _____________ being transferred from the ground to the wheels on your skates.
Term
gravity
Definition
Your book says, "The pull between you and the Earth is much greater than the pull between you and the book." What force is this statement referring to?
Term
Friction
Definition
___________________ is a force that resists motion between two surfaces that are pressed together.
Term
balanced force
Definition
If room 111 and 110 battled in the tug-o-war, and neither team moved the rope for the first five seconds of the match, then the net force would equal zero. What type of force is this an example of?
Term
unbalanced force
Definition
What type of force would you need to apply to a motionless object, like a soccer ball on the ground, in order to get it moving?
Term
friction
Definition
When you stop pedaling your bike on a flat road, you still slow down. What force causes this?
Term
An object in motion will remain in motion, at a constant velocity, and an object at rest will remain at rest, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Definition
Explain Newton's 1st Law.
Term
To predict an objects motion.
Definition
What does Newton's 1st Law help us to do, with regards to an object's motion?
Term
inertia
Definition
An object's resistance to a change in its speed or direction is a result of its _____________________.
Term
As mass increases, so do gravity and inertia.
Definition
What do gravity and inertia have in common?
Term
thought experiments
Definition
Newton built off of Galileo's ideas, which were supported by _________________ _________________, since Galileo did not have advanced scientific testing tools.
Term
free-fall
Definition
Astronauts in an orbiting space shuttle are not really in an "anti-gravity" environment, instead they are actually in a "_________ _________."
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