Force & Motion Vocab - 3rd Grade

A force tending to draw tings together and resist their separation

• attraction

• direction

• force

• friction

A straight path that something could move along

• attraction

• direction

• force

• friction

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

• attraction

• direction

• force

• friction

A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another

• attraction

• direction

• force

• friction

A force between objects that pulls them towards one another

• gravity

• motion

• strength

A change in position

• gravity

• motion

• strength

Ability to resist or produce change

• gravity

• motion

• strength

To use force to cause something to move closer

• push

• pull

To use force to move away

• push

• pull