Force and Motion Vocabulary

The state in which one object's distance from another is changing

• force

• motion

• gravity

• speed

the distance an object travels per unit of time

• speed

• friction

• gravity

• force

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A force that pulls an object toward each other

• motion

• velocity

• gravity

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The product of an object's mass and velocity

• speed

• velocity

• inertia

• momentum

Speed in a given direction

• motion

• velocity

• inertia

• force

A push or pull exerted on an object

• force

• motion

• inertia

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The force that one surface exerts on another when the two surfaces rub against each other; tjis is what slows things down

• velocity

• Friction

• inertia

• acceleration

The rate at which velocity changes; the speed and direction change

• friction

• inertia

• acceleration

• momentum

The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion; every object has this, whether at rest or in motion

• motion

• force

• velocity

• inertia