TWE West Unit 8 Force & Motion Vocabulary

a push or a pull that one object exerts on another object with or without direct contact.

• Force

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Gravity

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the force of attraction between objects, such as the attraction between Earth and objects on it.

• Force

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Gravity

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a force that opposes motion through direct contact.

• Friction

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Gravity

forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction.

• Force

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Gravity

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forces that are unequal in size and may or may not be opposite in direction.

• Force

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Friction

the distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time.

• Speed

• Mass

• Motion

• Inertia

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the amount of matter a substance or object has.

• Speed

• Mass

• Motion

• Inertia

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a change of position of an object.

• Speed

• Mass

• Motion

• Inertia

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a measure of the force of gravity on an object.

• Mass

• Motion

• weight

• Inertia

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

• Mass

• Motion

• weight

• Inertia