1121 Physics Vocabulary

The ability to do work or the ability to move an object.

• Force

• Energy

• Velocity

• Acceleration

A push or a pull on an object

• Energy

• Gravity

• Force

• Motion

Speed in a stated direction; distance divided by time interval

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Friction

• Velocity

The science of studying the concept of matter and its motion, as well as space and time.     

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Velocity

The force that resists motion between bodies in contact

• Energy

• Gravity

• Friction

• Decceleration

A measure of quantity in matter in an object

• Weight

• Force

• Mass

• Atoms

When an object is slowing down.

• Acceleration

• Decceleration

• Velocity

• Speed

The rate of change in speed or velocity divided by time

• Constant Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Gravity

Uniform motion; a consistent change in distance over equal intervals of time.

• Constant Speed

• Vectors

• Force

• Velocity

The force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center; it is measured by the acceleration that it gives to freely falling objects

• Gravity

• Velocity

• Speed

• Force