Forces, Motion, & Friction

A push or a pull on an object

• Force

• Friction

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The concept that an object in motion or at rest will remain so until a force is exerted upon it.

• Inertia

• Friction

• Acceleration

• Laws of Motion

Quantity of matter in a body regardless of its volume or of any forces acting on it

• Mass

• Weight

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The quantity of matter in a body, relative to forces working upon it.

• Weight

• Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The rate an object changes velocity; the measure the change of speed of an object that is moving in a specific direction

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The measure of the speed of an object that is moving in a specific direction

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Speed

The rate an object decreases velocity

• Positive acceleration

• Negative acceleration

The rate an object increases velocity

• Positive acceleration

• Negative acceleration

A change of position

• Displacement

• Distance

• Magnitude

• Motion

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

• Friction

• Motion

• Force

• Frictional force