Force/Motion Vocabulary

equal and opposite forces that do not cause a change in position or motion

• balanced forces

• kinetic energy

• unbalanced forces

• motion

the line, or path along which something is moving, pointing, or aiming

• unbalanced forces

• direction

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

the measured value (always positive) from one point to another

• force

• direction

• energy

• distance

process of changing energy from one form to another.

• force

• distance

• energy transformation

• direction

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a push or a pull that may or may not cause movement.

• force

• kinetic energy

• direction

• speed

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the opposing force which resists all motion.

• friction

• force

• energy

• speed

the force that pulls every object toward the center of the Earth

• gravity

• unbalanced forces

• motion

• speed

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This is energy of motion.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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a change in the position of a body with respect to time relative to a reference point.

• motion

• direction

• distance

• speed

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energy that is stored

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

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