Force and Motion Vocab

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

• Motion

• Resting Position

• Direction

• Average Speed

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

• Resting Position

• Direction

• Motion

• Speed

A straight path that an object can move along

• Distance- Time Graph

• Line Graph

• Speed

• Direction

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).

• Y-Axis

• Force

• Direction

• Speed

Energy of motion.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

Energy that is stored in a system or object.

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

Forces on an object that cause change in the motion of the object.

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Force

• Average Speed

Separate forces on an object that combined do not change the movement of the object.

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Y-Axis

• X- Axis

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

• Pie Chart

• Line Graph

• Distance- Time Graph

• Bar Graph

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

• Scatterplot

• Line Graph

• X- Axis

• Y- Axis