Chapter 11 Motion Vocabulary

The rate at which velocity changes over time.

• Force

• Friction

• Acceleration

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces that are in contact and at rest.

• Kinetic Friction

• Static Friction

• Speed

An object's change in position relative to a reference point.

• motion

• kinetic friction

• friction

The distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred.

• speed

• acceleration

• frame of reference

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A system of specifying the precise location of objects in space and time.

• displacement

• frame of reference

• speed

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The force that opposes the movement of two surfaces that are in contact and are sliding over each other.

• static friction

• kinetic friction

• displacement

The change in position of an object.

• velocity

• friction

• displacement

The speed of an object in a particular direction.

• static friction

• frame of reference

• velocity

The force that opposes motion between two objects that are in contact.

• motion

• friction

• force

An action exerted on a body in order to change the body's state of rest or motion.

• Force

• Acceleration

• Speed

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1