Forces and Motion McGH Vocab _Les 1 & 2

A push or pull on an object

• inertia

• force

• fulcrum

• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass

• matter

• gravity

• acceleration

• slope

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the amount of matter in an object

• weight

• freight

• mass

• inertia

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A force one object can apply to another object without touching it

• contact force

• static friction

• friction

• non-contact force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a push or a pull on one object by another object

• contact force

• non-contact force

• friction

• fluid friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

a force that resists the motion of two surfaces that are touching

• magnetic force

• friction

• gravity

• none of these

the gravitational force exerted on an object

• weight

• mass

• matter

• bouyant force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

the combination of all the forces acting on an object

• total force

• force equilibrium

• net force

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

This law states if the net force on an object is zero, the object's motion does NOT change

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• The Law of Conservation of Mass

• The Law of Averages

forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force of zero

• unbalanced forces

• equal forces

• zero forces

• balanced forces