Mrs. McLain's Force and Motion Vocabulary

This is a force that resists the motion of one surface across another.

• gravity
• friction
• newton
• intertia

This is a unit to measure force.

• kilo
• jule
• newton
• ruler

This is the measure of an object's speed and direction.

• acceleration
• speed
• velocity
• motion

This is the measure of the distance an object moves in a given unit of time.

• velocity
• speed
• newton
• inertia

This is a change in the object's position.

• motion
• friction
• newton
• gravity

This is a change in the object's position.

• motion
• friction
• newton
• gravity

This is a push or pull between two objects:

• inertia
• force
• electromagnet
• Motion

This is the pulling force between two objects.

• friction
• newton
• gravity
• acceleration

This is a machine that has few or no moving parts.

• inertia
• motion
• electromagnet
• simple machine

This is a magnet powered by electricity.

• electromagnet
• simple machine
• inertia
• newton