Vocabulary Unit 3- Investigating Force and Motion

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

• Net Force

• Law of force and acceleration

• Law of action-reaction

• Balanced Force

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When an object that has a constant mass is acted upon by a force, the object will accelerate in the same direction as the force applied

• Law of inertia

• Law of force and acceleration

• Law of action-reaction

• Law of Motion

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Distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time

• Intertia

• Velocity

• Speed

• Force

The tendency of an object to resist change in motion unless acted upon by a force

• Law of Action-reaction

• Net Force

• Law of velocity

• Law of inertia

Change in an object's motion; caused by unbalanced forces

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Unbalanced Force

• Speed

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A measurement of an object's speed and direction

• Force

• Velocity

• Speed

• Direction

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Equal and opposite forces on an object that result in no change in position, direction, or motion; net force equals zero

• Intertia

• Speed

• Unbalanced Force

• Balanced Force

Unequal forces on an object that may result in a change in position, direction or motion; net force does not equal zero

• Unbalanced Force

• Balanced Force

• Equal Force

• Velocity

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Tendency of an object to resist change in motion

• Inertia

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Net Force

Measurement of the total forces exerted on an object

• Speed

• Net force

• Unbalanced force

• Velocity

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