Force and Motion Vocab

Resting Position

• The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points.

• Refers to an object remaining in the same spot relative to another object.

• A straight path that an object can move along.

Motion

• The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points.

• Energy that is stored in a system or object.

• Energy of motion.

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Direction

• The horizontal line with labels on a coordinate grid; time is represented in the x-axis.

• The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time; units in which speed is measured are expressed as distance per time (example: meters per second).

• A straight path that an object can move along.

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Speed

• The vertical line with labels on a coordinate grid; distance is represented on the y-axis.

• The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time; units in which speed is measured are expressed as distance per time (example: meters per second).

• A push or pull that can change the motion of an object, measured with a spring scale in Newton (N) units.

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Distance-Time Graph

• A graph in which the data are represented by points connected by one or more lines.

• This type of graph illustrates changes in motion. Time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is graphed on the y-axis.

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Line Graph

• The horizontal line with labels on a coordinate grid; time is represented in the x-axis.

• A graph in which the data are represented by points connected by one or more lines.

X-Axis

• The vertical line with labels on a coordinate grid; distance is represented on the y-axis.

• This type of graph illustrates changes in motion. Time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is graphed on the y-axis.

• The horizontal line with labels on a coordinate grid; time is represented in the x-axis.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Y-Axis

• This type of graph illustrates changes in motion. Time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is graphed on the y-axis.

• The vertical line with labels on a coordinate grid; distance is represented on the y-axis.

Average Speed

• A push or pull that can change the motion of an object, measured with a spring scale in Newton (N) units

• Calculated by dividing the total distance an object traveled by the total time it took the object to travel the distance (s = d/t). Speed describes the rate of movement.

• Separate forces on an object that combined do not change the movement of the object.

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Force

• Separate forces on an object that combined do not change the movement of the object.

• Energy that is stored in a system or object.