Force and Motion Vocabulary Review

Desirable features of a solution.

• Tradeoffs

• Criteria

• Constraints

• Vectors

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

When a desirable feature is given up in return for another.

• Tradeoff

• Criterion

• Constraint

• Vector

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The tendency to resist change in motion.

• Acceleration

• Gravity

• Force

• Inertia

A change in position.

• Force

• Motion

• Distance

• Friction

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The rate at which the position of an object changes.

• Gravity

• Speed

• Force

• Motion

The change in velocity over time.

• Motion

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Force

A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact.

• Friction

• Stress

• Force

• Vector

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The force of attraction between any two objects that have mass.

• Inertia

• Friction

• Acceleration

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The rate of slowdown.

• Positive Acceleration

• Deceleration

• Negative Acceleration

• Negative Speed

A push or pull exerted by one object to another.

• Inertia

• Friction

• Force

• Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2