Motion Vocabulary

in physics, the rate at which the speed of a moving object changes over time

• Acceleration

• Force

• Speed

• Work

the ability to do work, have power or produce change.

• Work

• Motion

• Friction

• Energy

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an influence or power that can cause a change in an object or system.

• Speed

• Work

• Force

• Friction

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It can cause a moving object to slow or stop.

• Friction

• Force

• Work

• Energy

the process, act or result of changing place or position.

• Motion

• position

• speed

• velocity

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where something is located.

• Rest

• motion

• position

• energy

Rest is a motionless state

• True

• False

the rate something moves

• Velocity

• Motion

• Speed

• Force

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the transfer of energy through motion.

• Force

• Motion

• Speed

• Work

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_____ is when there is a change in a object's position as compared to other objects around it.

• motion
• position
• speed
• velocity