Unit 3 - Force & Motion Vocabulary

The distance an object travels over a certain amount of time

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

• force

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distance divided by time (distance over time)

• speed

• acceleration

• action and reaction

• force

Any change in speed or direction

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

• force

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The speed and direction of a moving object

• speed

• motion

• velocity

• force

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A push or pull on an object

• speed

• motion

• velocity

• force

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Forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force of zero

• unbalanced force

• motion

• velocity

• balanced force

Forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force that is not zero

• unbalanced force

• motion

• velocity

• balanced force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion; objects at rest remain at rest, objects in motion remain in motion

• speed

• inertia

• velocity

• force

A contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching

• unbalance force

• gravity

• friction

• balance force

A force that is applied to an object that causes the object to move in any direction

• unbalance force

• gravity

• friction

• work

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