Forces & Motion Vocab

a push or pull

• Force

• Motion

• Attract

• Repel

• Gravity

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a change in position

• Motion

• Gravity

• Push

• Pull

• Force

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a force of attraction acting between two objects. The greater the mass, the greater the force of gravity

• Gravity

• Force

• Motion

• Balanced Forces

• Newtons

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when equal forces are acting in opposite directions there is no change in motion. 

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Motion

• Push

• Gravity

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when one force acting on an object is greater than the force acting in the opposite direction. Causes a change in motion (Example: speeding up, slowing down, changing direction)

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Motion

• Friction

• Force

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a force that acts between two objects that are touching. Friction always acts to slow or stop motion. 

• Friction

• Force

• Motion

• Repel

• Newtons

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the unit of measurement for force

• Newtons

• Force

• Friction

• Motion

• Gravity

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When two objects move towards each other

• Attract

• Repel

• Force

• Motion

• Gravity

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When two objects are pushed away from each other

• Repel

• Motion

• Gravity

• Pull

• Friction

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