Force and Motion Vocabulary Unit 3

A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object

• weight

• reference point

• motion

• work

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Is a place or object used for comparison to determine weather something is in motion.

• force

• weight

• reference point

• slope

Unit for the strength of a force

• pounds

• grams

• centimeter

• newton

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A force that pulls objects toward each other as a result of their mass.

• newton

• gravity

• weight

• meter

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The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together.

• newton

• net force

• gravity

• relative position

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Of an object is the distance the object moves per unit of time.

• relative position

• newton

• force

• speed

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The angle of a line on a graph. (Rise over run)

• Speed

• Slope

• Newton

• Force

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The speed at which an object travels in a given direction.

• velocity

• inertia

• slope

• newton

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The tendency for an object to resist a change in motion

• gravity

• velocity

• inertia

• speed

Push or pull on an object

• force

• motion

• work

• potential energy

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