Force and Motion

An object’s rate of change, calculated by dividing the total distance an object traveled by the total time it took the object to travel the distance (s=d/t)

• Average Speed

• Motion

• Speed

• Velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Forces on an object that do not change the motion of the object

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object

• Motion

• Force

• Velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The change in an object’s position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points

• Speed

• Motion

• Time

• Graph

The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time

• Average Speed

• Need for Speed

• Speed

• Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Forces on an object that cause change in the motion of the object

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When an object remains in the same spot relative to another object

• Resting Position

• Regenerating Position

• Resting Potato

• Objectional Position

A graph in which the data are represented by points connected by one or more lines

• Bar Graph

• Circle Graph

• Distance-Time Graph

• Line Graph

A graph illustrating changes in motion that shows time on the x-axis and distance on the y-axis

• Distance-Time Graph

• Line Graph

• Circle Graph

• Bar Graph

A straight path that an object can move along

• Speed

• Motion

• Direction

• Velocity