Forces and Motion Vocabulary 6th Grade

Using a force to move an object a distance

• work

• force

• friction

• motion

Something that causes change in motion; a push or a pull

• motion

• speed

• force

• friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An outside force that occurs when two objects rub together.

• mass

• motion

• position

• friction

An object's location.

• position

• direction

• motion

• gravity

The measurement of matter in an object.

• work

• mass

• position

• speed

The change in an object's position over time.

• speed

• direction

• motion

• gravity

The path in which an object is facing or moving.

• direction

• position

• friction

• force

A force that pulls an object towards Earth.

• friction

• gravity

• mass

• force

Tags

NGSS.5-PS2-1

How fast an object is moving; the distance an object travels over time.

• speed

• mass

• motion

• work

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A force is...

• how fast an object moves

• the measurement of matter

• something that causes change in motion

• a force that pulls an object towards Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2