1. e 1. Force is a push or a pull that one object 2. b exerts on another. 3. a and c 2. (Answers will vary.) Examples might 4. d include fingers on pencil; body on chair; 5. walking home feet on floor; atmosphere on body. 6. You can tell an object has moved because 3. The direction of the motion will change in its position has changed. the direction of the force. 7. Displacement is how far and in what 4. It is the net force. direction an object has moved from its 5. The forces are balanced. starting point. 6. The forces acting on the rock are not 8. Instantaneous speed indicated on the balanced; the net force is not zero. speedometer. 7. It is the tendency of an object to resist any 9. A horizontal line on a distance-time graph change in its motion. indicates that an object is stationary. 8. Velocity changes when the object speeds 10. Speed is calculated by dividing the up, slows down, or changes direction. distance moved by the time elapsed. 9. Its mass determines its inertia. 11. A race car driving around a track at 240 10. An object moving at constant velocity km/h can have a constant speed. continues to move at that velocity until a net force acts on it. Section 2 Reinforcement – Acceleration 1. Acceleration is the rate of change of Key Terms – Chapter 2: Motion velocity. (Crossword Puzzle) 2. It accelerates when it changes its speed and/or direction. 3. Positive acceleration occurs when an object’s speed increases; negative acceleration occurs when an object’s speed decreases. 4. change in velocity (final velocity minus initial velocity) divided by time 5. meters/second/second (m/s/s); meters/second2 (m/s2) 6. acceleration 7. a = (vf – vl)/t = (9 m/s – 3 m/s)/3s = 2 m/s2 8. positive 9. negative 10. zero