Module 3 and 4 Physical Science Vocabulary (17)

A push or a pull.

• net force
• force
• motion
• friction

Energy due to motion.

• Speed
• Mechanical Energy
• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy

Energy that is stored due to the interactions between objects.

• Mechanical Energy
• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Chemical Energy

The sum of all of the forces acting on an object.

• Force
• Net Force
• Motion
• Friction

The force that opposes the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching each other.

• Gravity
• Net Forces
• Inertia
• Friction

An attractive force between any two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

• Net Forces
• Inertia
• Gravity
• Friction

A region of space that has a physical quantity (such as a force) at every point.

• Inertia
• Field
• Electron Cloud
• Displacement

The gravitational force exerted on an object.

• Centripetal Force
• Inertia
• Weight
• Mass

An object moves at a constant velocity unless an unbalanced force acts on it.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• Newton's 4th Law

The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.

• Newton's 2nd Law
• centripetal force
• weight
• inertia