Energy in Motion Vocabulary

The state in which one object's distance from another is changing.

• Motion

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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The distance an object travels per unit of time

• Motion

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

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The overall rate of speed at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time.

• Motion

• Energy

• Average Speed

• Acceleration

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Speed in a given direction

• Motion

• Average Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

The rate at which velocity changes

• Motion

• Speed

• Average Speed

• Acceleration

A push or a pull

• Force

• Motion

• Newton

• Energy

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SI unit of force

• Acceleration

• Gram

• Newton

• Velocity

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The combination of all forces acting on an object

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Net Force

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Can cause an object to start moving, stop moving, or change direction.

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Net force

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Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions.

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Net Force