Forces & Motion Vocabulary

This is any push or pull

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Gravity

• Force

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a place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion

• reference point

• magnitude

• inertia

A force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other

• gravity

• friction

• mass

• velocity

the combination of all forces acting on an object

• motion

• Newton

• net force

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force that is not zero

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When two or more equal forces act upon an object, resulting in no motion.

• friction

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• inertia

When two or more unequal forces act upon an object, resulting in a change or in motion or direction.

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• inertia

• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A force that pulls objects toward each other

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Friction

• Push

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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the rate at which the speed of a moving object changes over time

• acceleration

• calculus

• weight

• empiricism

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

the quantity of matter in something

• mass

• weight

• hypothesis

• torque

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1