Force and Motion Vocabulary

Front

length of a straight line between two points

Back

displacement

Front

total length of the path actually taken from point A to point B

Back

distance

Front

ratio of distance traveled to the amount of time taken

Back

speed

Front

speed in a specific direction

Back

velocity

Front

motion of an object with velocity that does not change

Back

uniform motion

Front

steepness of a graph at a given point

Back

slope

Front

a push or a pull

Back

force

Front

tendency of an object to remain stationary or to remain in motion

Back

inertia

Front

a force on an object that is not canceled by other forces

Back

unbalanced force

Front

forces of equal magnitude but in opposite directions acting on the same object

Back

balanced forces