An organized body of knowledge

Matching
1. ______Law of inertia a. tendency of an object to remain at rest or in
Uniform, straight-line motion
b. velocity at an instant of time
2. _________ force c. amount of matter an object contains
d. rate of change of an object’s velocity
3. _________ inertia e. Newton’s first law of motion
4. _________ centripetal acceleration f. product of mass and acceleration
g. compactness of matter
5. _________ acceleration h. directed toward the center of circular
motion
6. _________ instantaneous velocity i. an organized body of knowledge about
the natural universe
7. _________linear momentum j. measure of a tendency of a moving object to
Continue motion along a straight line
8. ________ mass
9. ________ density
10. _______ science

1. Law of inertia- e Newton’s first law of motion
2. Force- Product of mass and acceleration
3. Inertia: tendency of an object to remain at rest or in uniform straight line motion
4. Centripetal acceleration: Directed towards the center of circular motion
5. Acceleration: rate of change of object’s velocity
6. Instantaneous velocity: Velocity at an instant time
7. Linear momentum: Measure of tendency of a moving object to continue motion
along a straight line
8. Mass: Amount of matter an object contains
9. Density: Compactness of matter
10. Science: An organized body of knowledge about the natural universe

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11. The coefficient of ____static___________ friction is generally greater than the
coefficient of _____kinetic_____________ friction.
12. Forces are ______vector_________ quantities.
13. According to Newton’s second law, an object’s acceleration is
___inversely_________ proportional to its mass.
14. Newton’s ________third law of motion_______________ states that for every action
force there is an
equal but opposite reaction force.
15.The vector quantity that includes both speed and direction is
called_____velocity___________.
16. Speed is equal to distance divided by ________time__________________.
17. According toNewton’s second law of motion, acceleration is equal to
_________force______ divided by mass.
18. The inertia of an object is related to its_mass_________.
19. A car’s speedometer reads instantaneous __speed_________________.
20. The natural sciences, in which scientists study the natural universe, are divided into
physical and ____astronomical________________ sciences.