Vocabulary Practice

the location of an object

• motion
• position
• speed
• velocity

A change of position of an object

• speed
• inertia
• motion
• weight

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The measure of an object’s change in position during a unit of time.

• force
• speed
• velocity
• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

the measure of the speed and direction  of motion of an object.

• speed
• acceleration
• velocity
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Any change in the speed or direction of an object’s motion.

• acceleration
• position
• force
• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

a push or a pull

• gravity
• weight
• force
• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the property of matter that keeps an object at rest or keeps it moving in a straight line.

• inertia
• force
• weight
• position

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The force of attraction between Earth and other objects

• friction
• position
• inertia
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A measure of the gravitational force acting on an object

• motion
• speed
• weight
• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

a force that resists motion between objects that are touching.

• motion
• position
• speed
• friction