Force and Motion Vocabulary Exam Practice

An object’s change in position, direction, or location

• Motion

• Speed

• Distance

• Displacement

The rate at which an object moves dependent on distance traveled and time taken to travel that distance.

• Speed

• Distance

• Direction

• Force

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How far an object traveled between two points.

• Force

• Direction

• Friction

• Distance

The path an object is moving or facing.

• Motion

• Constant

• Direction

• Displacement

Total space between the starting point and the ending point in a straight line.

• Position

• Displacement

• Motion

• Force

To travel at a steady pace.

• Direction

• Motion

• Constant

• Displacement

A change in speed (either an increase or a decrease) or change in direction.

• Displacement

• Constant

• Acceleration

• Speed

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The point or area occupied by a physical object.

• Acceleration

• Displacement

• Force

• Position

A graph that represents distance traveled in increments of time.

• Point Graph

• Line Graph

• Distance-Time Graph

• Speed Graph

A push or pull on an object, they cause objects to speed up, slow down, or change direction.

• Simple Machine

• Force

• Air Friction

• Friction

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