Unit 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary Review

motion

• A unit of measure for force

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

• A push or pull exerted on an object

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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force

• A push or pull exerted on an object

• A place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion.

• The attractive force between objects

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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The attractive force between objects

• newton

• friction

• gravity

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reference point

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

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

• The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together

A unit to measure force

• Motion

• Newton

• Gravity

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

net force

• The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together

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

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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

• force

• reference point

• friction

Basic unit from which all matter is made.

• element

• atom

• molecule

• mixture

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element

• group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

  
  

• basic unit from which all matter is made

  
  

• a single kind of matter with a specific composition

  
  

• substances made from one type of atom

  
  

solid

• has a definite shape and volume

  
  

• resistance to flowing

  
  

• definite volume but no shape of its own

  
  

• has no definite shape or definite volume

  
  

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