Force & Motion Vocabulary

   potential energy is

• stored energy
• energy in moving objects
• energy of motion
• pizza

kinetic energy

• stored energy
• restored energy
• energy of motion
• purple

conservation of energy

• energy that is always created
• popular energy
• energy that is never created nor destroyed
• stored energy

energy transformation

• change from one form of energy to another
• energy that stays the same
• energy that transforms one way
• never changing energy

position

• ping
• location of an object
• an object's posture
• direction of an object

speed

• miles per hour
• distance traveled per unit of time
• fast
• distance traveled per feet of time

force

• moving foward
• pressing against an object
• push or pull

unbalanced force

• equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions
• two or more forces that are not equal and opposite of one another; can cause change in motion
• overall rate at which an object moves
• push or pull

balanced force

• equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions
• two or more forces that are not equal and opposite of one another; can cause change in motion
• overall rate at which an object moves
• push or pull

average speed

• calculated by dividing the total distance by the total time
• miles per hour
• distance/time