Force and Motion Vocabulary

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

• Net force

• Law of inertia

• Speed

• Acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

_____: tendency of an object to resist change in motion.

• Inertia

• Balanced Force

• Law of force and acceleration

• Velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

________: Measurement of the total forces exerted on an object

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Net force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: Distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Net Force

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

_________: A measurement of an object's speed and direction

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Inertia

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

• Balanced Force

• Law of Inertia

• Law of force and acceleration

• Unbalanced Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A push or a pull.

• work

• force

• motion

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A force that resists motion when 2 surfaces rub together.

• Friction

• Gravity

• Force

• Balanced force