Unit 2 Vocabulary

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object

• Force

• Balanced Force

• Net Force

• Motion

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

• Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Net Forces

Forces on an object that cause change in the motion of the object

• Balanced Forces

• Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Net Forces

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The sum of all the forces actin on an object

• Force

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Net Force

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The state of an object when it is not in motion

• at rest

• in motion

• transferring energy

• inertia

The rate of change of position with respect to time; measured in distance per time

• speed

• velocity

• distance

• time

Force that opposes the motion of one surface across another

• Friction

• Balanced Forces

• Inertia

• Unbalanced Forces

Measurement of speed and direction of an object

• Velocity

• Speed

• Distance

• Time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The rate of change in an object's speed

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

• Inertia

Object in motion will stay in motion unless force acted upon it; Object not in motion will stay in same location unless force acted upon it

• Newton's First Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's Third Law

• Law of Conservation of Energy