Chapter 2 & 3 Vocabulary Review

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

• motion

• displacement

• momentum

• acceleration

The distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.

• displacement

• motion

• velocity

• momentum

The speed and direction of a moving object.

• velocity

• momentum

• acceleration

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Property of a moving object that equals its mass times its velocity.

• momentum

• acceleration

• motion

• displacement

Rate of change of velocity that can be calculated by dividing the change in the velocity by the time it takes the change to occur.

• acceleration

• momentum

• displacement

• motion

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Acceleration of an object toward the center of a curved or circular path.

• centripetal acceleration

• displacement

• velocity

• momentum

A push or pull on an object

• force

• friction

• gravity

• field

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Sum of all the forces that are acting on an object.

• net force

• friction

• weight

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces.

• friction

• gravity

• field

• weight

Attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

• gravity

• field

• friction

• force

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