Vocabulary Force

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction

• Gravity

• Force

• Variable

• Position

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The force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another

• Love

• Gravity

• Friction

• Vertical

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A force that opposes, or acts against motion when 2 surfaces rub against each other

• Vertical

• Gravity

• Friction

• Variable

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A factor that you change in an experiment

• Spring Scale

• Gravity

• Variable

• Wind

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A science tool that measures weight by opposing the force of gravity

• Spring Scale

• Triple Beam Balance

• Swing Set

• Hand Lens

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A line or course along which something is moving

• Direction

• Vertical

• Friction

• Spring Scale

Moving side to side, or left to right

• Vertical

• Skateboarding

• Horizontal

• Elliptical

Moving up and down

• Cheer

• Horizontal

• Elliptical

• Vertical

The law that states an object at rest, stays at rest, an object in motion, stays in motion - unless a force is applied to change that.

• Law of Motion

• Inertia

• Law of Gravitation

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