Unit 7 Vocabulary List A

The attraction between any two objects because of their masses

• force

• gravity

• friction

• air resistance

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A friction force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid

• sliding friction

• rolling friction

• static friction

• fluid friction

A friction force that opposes the motion of an object as it slides over a surface

• sliding friction

• rolling friction

• static friction

• fluid friction

Fluid friction acting on an object moving through the air

• gravity

• air resistance

• projectile motion

• terminal velocity

The curved path of an object in free fall after it is given an initial forward velocity

• air resistance

• projectile motion

• terminal velocity

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The SI unit for force; equal to 1 kg*m/s2

• newton

• gravity

• friction

• grams

Two forces acting in opposite directions on an object, and equal in size

• newton

• net force

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

A friction force that acts on objects that are not moving

• sliding friction

• rolling friction

• static friction

• fluid friction

The force that opposes the motion of objects that touches as they move past each other

• newton

• gravity

• friction

• terminal velocity

A friction force that acts on rolling objects

• sliding friction

• rolling friction

• static friction

• fluid friction