Collisions Vocabulary

it makes things happen or the ability to do work.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• contact

• energy

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1. a complex contraption that performs a simple task, such as pouring a glass of lemonade. 

• energy transfer

• contact

• energy

• Rube Goldberg Machine

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1. When one object runs into another, energy is transferred. 

• energy

• energy transfer

• potential energy

• inertia

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1. When one object runs into another. 

• contact

• kinetic energy

• collision

• energy

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When two objects touch each other.

• potential energy

• contact

• velocity

• friction

1.  An object that is not moving.

• stationary object

• energy transfer

• friction

• kinetic energy

energy in motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• velocity

• collision

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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1. stored or static (not moving) energy.

• kinetic energy

• friction

• potential energy

• energy

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a force that resists motion.

• energy

• friction

• Rube Goldber Machine

• contact

1.  the scientific word for speed in a specific direction. 

• energy transfer

• kinetic energy

• friction

• velocity