A Crash Course in Forces and Motion Vocabulary

The way an object faces is

• motion

• speed

• position

• direction

A force exerted on an object that's been stretched or squeezed.

• non-contact force

• spring force

• tension force

• force

A force that does not need to touch an object to affect it, such as gravity.

• non-contact force

• gravity

• contact force

• tension force

A force that goes against the movement of an object.

• gravity

• newton

• attract

• friction

A (a)   is a push or a pull.

If two objects push away from each other they (a)   each other.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A material that slows the flow of electric changes.

• Newton

• Force

• Conductor

• Insulator

When two objects pull toward each other, they (a)   .

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A change in an object’s location

• position

• speed

• motion

• force

A material with balanced electric charge.

• positive

• neutral

• negative

• charge