6th grade Force and Motion Vocab. flashcard

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Force:

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a push or a pull

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Gravity

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Force of attraction between 2 objects

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Mass

Back

the amount of matter in an object

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Weight

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A measure of the pull of gravity on an object.

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Tides

Back

Rise and fall of the ocean due to gravity.

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Newton

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A metric measure for force or weight.

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Net force

Back

All forces acting on an object

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Balanced force

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Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions resulting in no motion.

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Unbalanced force

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unequal forces acting on an object in opposite directions causing motion

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Kilogram/Gram

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A metric measure for mass.