Force and Motion Vocabulary Practice

What is a force?

• A push or pull applied on an object.

• A push applied on an object.

• A pull applied on an object.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

The change in an object's position.

• force

• push or pull

• motion

• velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The change in an object's velocity.

• acceleration

• force

• gravity

• motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The speed and direction of an object's motion.

• push or pull

• acceleration

• velocity

• gravity

The force that resists the sliding or rolling of one object against another.

• gravity

• friction

• motion

• push or pull

Objects at rest stay at rest, objects in motion stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.  (Inertia)

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

Force = Mass X Acceleration 

• The more force put in an object, the more it will accelerate.

• The more mass, the more force required.

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

 For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Strength or force gained by motion or by a series of event.

• momentum

• inertia

• velocity

• force

The tendency of a body to resist a change in motion or rest.

• inertia

• momentum

• gravity

• velocity