6.8B Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Vocabulary

A push or pull exerted on an object

• balanced forces

• force

• unbalance forces

• average speed

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions

• moving at a steady rate over time

• unbalanced forces

• balanced forces

• force

forces that cause a change in the motion of an object

• unbalanced forces

• distance

• time

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

total distance divided by total time

• distance

• average speed

• unbalanced forces

• time

how far an object moves

• constant speed

• distance

• time

• unbalanced forces

second (s), minutes (min), hours (hr)

• time

• distance

• acceleration

• displacement

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NGSS.1-ESS1-2

the rate at which velocity changes over time

• displacement

• time

• direction

• acceleration

the path that a moving object follows

• direction

• displacement

• position

• motion

object's overall change in position from the starting point

• spring scale

• position

• displacement

• force

change in position (movement)

• position

• motion

• spring scale

• force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2