Motion, Force and Energy Vocabulary

Energy of motion.

• motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• inertia

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The energy stored in an object that is not moving.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• unbalanced force

• mass

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The property of matter that keeps it moving in a 

 straight line or keeps it at rest.

• pull

• contact

• movement

• inertia

A meeting or touching of surfaces.

• balanced force

• friction

• contact

• position

The amount of matter in an object.

• push

• direction

• mass

• speed

Forces that are not equal.

• unbalanced

  force

• mass

• force

• balanced

  force

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The distance traveled divided by the time it takes to travel that distance.

• inertia

• movement

• motion

• speed

A force that causes something to move away.

• pull

• kinetic energy

• push

• speed

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A force that causes something to move closer.

• movement

• pull

• contact

• push

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An object place, or location.

• gravity

• position

• unbalanced

  force

• force