Unit 4 Vocabulary unit quiz

acceleration

• a push or pull

• forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction

• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

balanced forces

• forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction
• a force acting in one direction
• heat
• a push or pull

force

• a force that opposes motion

• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

• forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction

• a push or pull

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

friction

• forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction
• a force that opposes motion
• a force acting in one direction
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

gravity

• amount of material in an object
• a force of attraction between two objects
• forces that cause a change in motion
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

mass

• amount of material in an object
• a force that opposes motion
• a push or pull
• forces that cause a change in motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

thermal energy

• a force acting in one direction
• forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction
• heat
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

unbalanced forces

• heat
• a push or pull
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes
• forces that cause a change in motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

velocity

• the speed and direction an object travels
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes
• states that acceleration depends on the amount of force applied and an object's mass
• amount of material in an object

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

weight

• a push or pull
• a measure of the force that gravity exerts on an object
• states that objects at rest stay at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force
• the rate of change of velocity in an amount of time; how quickly an object's speed changes

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4