U2M1 Fast and Curious: Forces and Motion

the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object.

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

an object’s distance and direction from a reference point.

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

the process of changing position.

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time.

• velocity

• motion

• speed

• vector

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

the speed and the direction of a moving object

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• vector

a quantity that has both magnitude and direction

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• vector

a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed

• vector

contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching

• friction

• net force

• force

• normal force

Match the Newton's Law to the correct definition or example

• The law of mass and acceleration

• Newton's 1st Law

• The law of inertia

• Newton's 3rd Law

• The law of action reaction

• Newton's 2nd Law