Unit 8 Force & Motion Vocabulary

push or pull

• speed

• force

• trial

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

location of an object

• direction

• velocity

• position

• friction

the path along which something moves

• trial

• position

• friction

• direction

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NGSS.3-PS2-1

NGSS.3-PS2-2

measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time

• speed

• position

• direction

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the formula to calculate average speed?

• time/distance

• time x distance

• distance/time

• speed/time

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

change in position over time

• position

• direction

• speed

• motion

these forces can cause a change in the motion of an object

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

• velocity

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

these forces cause no change in motion

• unbalanced forces

• speed

• balanced forces

• velocity

the amount of space between two places or things

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• distance

one of a number of repetitions of an experiment

• force

• trial

• inclined plane

• friction