Forces and Motion Vocabulary

The act of something moving; a change in position

• Newton

• Motion

• Weight

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The measure of an amount of matter in an object

• Mass

• Gravity

• Force

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A force on something in order to move it towards the force.

• Pull

• Contact Force

• Motion

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A push or a pull; causes motion.

• Weight

• Newton

• Force

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Any force that requires contact to occur.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Contact Force

Do not cause a change in motion; Forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction.

• Balanced Forces

• Non-Contact Forces

• Force

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The force that attracts objects toward another object.

• Balanced Force

• Gravity

• Non-contact Force

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A force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it.

• Weight

• Non-Contact Force

• Push

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Tho force acting (pull) on the object due to gravity.

• Weight

• Balanced Force

• Newton

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A force on something in order to move it away from the force.

• Gravity

• Motion

• Push

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