Force & Motion Vocabulary Set 3

a representation in miniature/smaller form

• pony

• sketch

• model

• tiny

using engineering ideas to create a model

• Build

• Technological Model

• sketch

• design

to determine if an idea works

• test

• try

• model

• build

the act of stretching or straining (in this investigation, how tight the rubber bands are)

• tighten

• pull

• force

• tension

a comparison of distance traveled and time; for example 25 mph (miles per hour)

• acceleration

• speed/rate

• time

• rate

A push or a pull.

• car

• design

• force

• move

Forces that start movement

• balanced force

• push

• unbalanced force

• pull

The force that acts on an object to stop its motion.

• gravity

• friction

• pull

• tension

A tool that makes work easier, it has few or no moving parts

• simple machine

• model

• test

• force