Force and Motion Vocabulary

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Force

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A push or pull on an object

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Motion

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A change in a object's position

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Gravity

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A force that pulls objects toward each other

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Friction

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A force that slows or stops motion when objects rub together

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Mass

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The amount of matter in an object

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Speed

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How far an object travels in a certain amount of time

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Distance

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The length of a line between two points

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Distance-Time Graph

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A graph that shows the motion/speed of an object

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Increase

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To become greater in size

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Decrease

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To become smaller in size