Force and Motion Vocab

The tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion unless it is acted on by a force.

• Speed

• Force

• Inertia

• Motion

A push or a pull

• Motion

• Inertia

• Speed

• Force

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The force that acts on an object to stop its motion.

• Friction

• Speed

• Inertia

• Momentum

Forces that start movement.

• Balanced Forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Force

• Motion

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When you're bowling and get a strike the bowing ball puts __________ on the pins. 

• insulators

• electricity

• force

• thermal

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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The energy behind a moving object that depends on the objects mass and speed.

• Friction

• Speed

• Force

• Momentum

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Movement of an object

• Motion

• Force

• Speed

• Velocity

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Change in velocity (speeding up or slowing down)

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

A push or pull that can change the motion of an object is known as a __________.

• force

• friction

• exert

• energy

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