Spring Term

Question 1

Acceleration

Answer 1

How quickly speed increases or decreases

Question 2

Air resistance

Answer 2

The force on an object moving through the air that causes it to slow down (also known as drag)

Question 3

Average speed

Answer 3

The overall distance travelled divided by overall time for a journey

Question 4

Balanced (forces)

Answer 4

Forces acting on an object that are the same size but act in opposite directions

Question 5

Contact force

Answer 5

Force that acts by direct contact, e.g., friction

Question 6

Distance-time graph

Answer 6

A graph that shows how far an object moves each second

Question 7

Driving force

Answer 7

The force that is pushing or pulling something

Question 8

Equilibrium

Answer 8

State of an object when all forces are balanced

Question 9

Field

Answer 9

The region where other objects feel a gravitational force.

Question 10

Friction

Answer 10

Force opposing motion which is caused by the interaction of surfaces moving over one another. It is called ‘drag’ if one is a fluid.