Gravity/Kinetic Energy Vocab

Change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur

• momentum

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

speed that does not change

• velocity

• terminal velocity

• average speed

• constant speed

a push or pull on an object

• momentum

• impulse

• force

• potential energy

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Velocity

• Impulse

speed

• force x acceleration

• time/distance

• distance/time

• distance x time

The steepness of a line on a graph

• joule

• slope

• inertia

• speed

A measure of how much matter is in an object

• joule

• Newton

• weight

• mass

A measure of the force of gravity on an object

• Mass

• Weight

• Joule

• Newton

the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

• kinetic energy

• friction

• air

• impulse

the energy an object has due to its motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• velocity

• thermal energy