Module 5 Force and Motion Vocabulary

anything that has mass and takes up space

• mass

• matter

• quantity

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an amount or number of something

• ma

• matter

• quantity

a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses

• gravity

• weight

• gravitational force

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the gravitational force exerted on an object

• gravity

• weight

• gravitational force

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the force of attraction between masses

• weight

• gravity

• gravitational force

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the level of the surface of the ocean

• sea level

• altitude

• elevation

objects in motion tend to stay in motion, objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted upon by a force

• force

• inertia

• friction

a push or pull exerted on an object

• magnetism

• friction

• force

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the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another

• force

• friction

• intertia

force exerted by a magnet that attract other objects

• magnetism

• magnetic poles

• magnetic field

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