Vocab. Force & Motion

An object’s rate of change, calculated by dividing the total distance an object traveled by the total time it took the object to travel the distance (s = d/t)

• Direction

• Force

• Kinetic Energy

• Average Speed

Forces on an object that do not change the motion of the object

• Average Speed

• Resting Position

• Balanced Forces

• X-Axis

A straight path that an object can move along

• Distance-Time Graph

• Direction

• Balanced Forces

• Kinetic Energy

A graph illustrating changes in motion that shows time on the x-axis and distance on the y-axis

• Distance-Time Graph

• Y-Axis

• Line Graph

• Kinetic Energy

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object.

• Force

• Average Speed

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object.

• Unbalanced Forces

• Average Speed

• Resting Position

• Potential Energy

A graph in which the data are represented by points connected by one or more lines

• X-Axis

• Line Graph

• Y-Axis

• Speed

The change in an object’s position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points

• Motion

• Average Speed

• Direction

• Speed

Energy that is stored in a system or object

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Force

• Motion

When an object remains in the same spot relative to another object.

• Force

• Unbalanced Forces

• Speed

• Resting Position