SPM Vocab

Front

Force

Back

The amount of effort to make an object move

Front

acceleration

Back

velocity/time

Front

mass

Back

how much space matter takes up

Front

elastic collision

Back

When no energy is lost in a collision

Front

inelastic collision

Back

When energy is lost in a collision

Front

conservation of energy

Back

energy cannot be created nor destroyed

Front

proton

Back

positive subatomic particle

Front

electron

Back

negative subatomic particle

Front

atomic number

Back

how many protons are in an element

Front

valence electrons

Back

electrons on the outer level