Physics 1st semester vocab

This is done when a force causes an object to move in the direction of the force for some distance.

• Force

• displacement

• Work

• Power

The rate at which work is done.

• Force

• displacement

• Work

• Power

A push or a pull

• Force

• displacement

• Work

• Power

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A change in position

• Force

• displacement

• Work

• Power

Energy possessed by an object in motion.

• Kinetic Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Total potential and kinetic energy of an object.

• Kinetic Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Energy possessed by an object due to its position above the earth.

• Kinetic Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.

• Inertia

• Force

• scalar

• vector

A measured quantity that does not require a direction, only a magnitude and a unit.

• Inertia

• Force

• scalar

• vector

A measured quantity that required both a magnitude and a direction.

• Inertia

• Force

• scalar

• vector

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-5