Force vocabulary

A push or pull exerted on an object

• force

• inertia

• friction

• applied force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

 a force which is applied to an object by a person or another object

• force

• inertia

• friction

• applied force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

force perpendicular to a surface that prevents an object from moving through the surface. It matches the amount of force the object pushes on the surface.

• weight

• tension

• normal force

• applied force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The force that is transmitted through a string, rope, cable or wire when it is pulled tight by forces acting from opposite ends

• weight

• tension

• normal force

• applied force

Resistance of a fluid against the forward movement of an object.

• force

• drag

• friction

• applied force

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

• force

• drag

• friction

• applied force

the motion of a body when only the force of gravity is acting on the body

• weight

• free fall

• inertia

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A measure of the force exerted on an object by a gravitational field.

• weight

• free fall

• inertia

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A unit of measure that equals the force required to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at 1 meter per second per second

• Joule

• Newton

• Gravity

• kilogram

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1