Unit 8 vocab force & motion

Refers to an object remaining in the same spot relative to another object.

• Direction

• Average Speed

• Resting Position

• Balanced Forces

The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points.

• Line Graph

• Position

• Direction

• Motion

A straight path that an object can move along.

• Direction

• Average Speed

• Balanced Forces

• Position

This type of graph illustrates changes in motion. Time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is graphed on the y-axis.

• Line Graph

• Distance-Time Graph

• Unbalanced Forces

• Measurements

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

• Unbalanced Forces

• Distance

• Force

• Speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time; units in which speed is measured are expressed as distance per time (example: meters per second).

• Force

• Speed

• X-Axis

• Kinetic Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The horizontal line with labels on a coordinate grid; time is represented.

• X-Axis

• Y-Axis

• Distance

• Time

A graph in which the data are represented by points connected by one or more lines.

• Line Graph

• Balanced Forces

• Position

• Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The vertical line with labels on a coordinate grid; distance is represented on the ----

• Position

• X-Axis

• Force

• Y-Axis

Calculated by dividing the total distance an object traveled by the total time it took the object to travel the distance (s = d/t). Describes the rate of movement.

• Average Speed

• Unbalanced Forces

• Distance-Time Graph

• Resting Position