P.6.6.5 Vocabulary

The location of an object compared with things around it

• location

• position

• spot

• placement

A change in an object's position compared to fixed objects around it.

• speed

• net force

• momentum

• motion

The object exerting force back on something

• reaction force

• velocity

• third law of motion

• action force

The total distance traveled by amount of time

• distance

• speed

• average

• average speed

The speed and direction of a moving object

• force

• velocity

• direction

• speed

The two forces have same strength but act in opposite direction

• first law of motion

• second law of motion

• third law of motion

Forces that do not cancel each other out when acting together on a single object

• unbalanced force

• drag force

• balanced force

• action force

The force that object exerts on something

• reaction force

• net force

• drag force

• action force

The tendency of an object to oppose a change in motion

• friction

• first law of motion

• velocity

• interia

The mass of an object multiplied by the velocity

p=mv

• momentum

• position

• speed

• gravity