Force & Motion Vocabulary

Change in objects motion (position, direction, speed); caused by unbalanced forces

• Average Speed

• Constant Speed

• Force

• Acceleration

• None

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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.

• Constant Speed

• Average Speed

• Motion

• Speed Limit

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

• Force

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Newton

When an object's speed remains unchanged

• Constant Speed

• Acceleration

• Average Speed

• Speed Limit

A straight path that an object can move along

• Displacement

• Direction

• Balanced Forces

• Kinetic Energy

How far an object moved from its original position; the difference between the final and initial position.

• Direction

• Constant Speed

• Displacement

• Speed

A graph that illustrates changes in motion. Time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is graphed on the y-axis.

• Distance-Time Graph

• Time-Distance Graph

• XY Graph

• Graph

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

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Kinetic Energy

• Force

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A ramp or slope that reduces the force needed to move objects up and down heights; a simple machine.

• Simple Machine

• Complex Machine

• Spring Scale

• Inclined Plane

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Energy of Motion

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Motion

• Newton

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