Benchmark Unit 10 Week 1 Vocabulary

the path that a moving object follows

• force

• friction

• direction

• gravity

An object's change in position relative to a reference point.

• motion

• friction

• pattern

• gravity

A push or a pull

• force

• friction

• direction

• gravity

A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact

• motion

• friction

• direction

• gravity

A force that pulls objects toward each other

• pendulum

• pattern

• speed

• gravity

The distance an object travels per unit of time

• pendulum

• pattern

• speed

• gravity

A device that swings back and forth due to the force of gravity

• pendulum

• pattern

• speed

• gravity

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.

• pendulum

• pattern

• speed

• gravity