Forces and Motion Vocabulary

a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time

• speed

• velocity

• position

• elastic collision

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the starting point you choose to describe the location or position of an object

• acceleration

• vector

• reference point

• gravity

The gravitational force exerted on an object

• normal force

• net force

• friction

• weight

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When an object applies a force on another object , the second object applies a force of the same strength on the first object, but in the opposite direction

• Newton's 1st Law of Motion

• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

• Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

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A push or pull on an object

• weight

• force

• free-body diagram

• friction

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The combination of all the forces acting on an object

• contact force

• net force

• force pair

• normal force

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The speed and the direction of an object

• velocity

• position

• acceleration

• force pair

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the difference between the initial or starting position and the final position

• net force

• vector

• reference point

• displacement

An attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass

• field

• contact force

• gravity

• friction

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A push or pull on one object by another object touching it

• contact force

• position

• velocity

• speed

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