Force and Motion Vocabulary Practice

Tools that make work easier

• Simple Machine

• Force

• Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Wheel attached to an axle used to move or turn things

• Wheel and Axle

• Lever

• Pulley

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A beam and fulcrum used to help lift heavy weights and other objects

• wedge

• screw

• lever

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Used to raise and lower heavy objects

• pulley

• screw

• wedge

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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Used to hold things together

• pulley

• screw

• wedge

Used to split/push things apart

• wedge

• pulley

• wheel and axle

Flat surface set at an angle used to move objects to a higher or lower place

• Pulley

• Screw

• inclined plane

When two forces are uneven

• unbalanced forces

• balanced forces

• position

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NGSS.3-PS2-1

Process of an object moving or being moved

• speed

• motion

• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

How fast something is moving

• speed

• position

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5