Vocab Set #16: Unit 5 Invisible Forces 1

The force by which one object attracts another.

• Gravity

• Attractive Forces

• Push

• Force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions.

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

• Friction

• Gravity

How far an object moves.

• Distance

• Push

• Pull

• Force

The direction in which the force is applied.

• Gravity

• Distance

• Pull

• Direction of Force

An oval shaped path, used to describe the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

• Circular Orbit

• Orbit

• Elliptical Orbit

• Near-circle Orbit

A push or pull.

• Gravity

• Force

• Inertia

• Friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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A force that opposes motion.

• Force

• Friction

• Inertia

• Gravity

Medieval theory that Earth is the center of the Solar System.

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Galileo's Theory

• Aristotle's Theory

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• Gravity

• Friction

• Inertia

• Force

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity.

• Gravity

• Gravitational Pull

• Friction

• Inertia

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4