Physics vocabulary

A push or pull on an object

• Force

• Newton

• Kinetic

• Inertia

• Motion

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Distance traveled per unit of time

• acceleration

• velocity

• speed

• kinetic

• inertia

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The object to which you compare another object to see if its in motion

• reference point

• referee point

• referral point

• resistance point

• replica point

A change in velocity

• inertia

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

• force

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When the distance between an object and a reference point is changing

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

• inertia

• motion

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For every force or action there is an equal and opposite force or reaction

• 1st law

• 2nd law

• 3rd law

• inertia

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The force of an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration

• 1st law

• 2nd law

• 3rd law

• acceleration

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Forces that cause a change in motion

• balanced

• unbalanced

• kinetic

• potential

• friction

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The energy of motion

• potential

• inertia

• kinetic

• gravitational

• friction

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• inertia

• friction

• 3rd law

• potential

• acceleration