Force and Motion Vocab Flash Cards

Front

Push or pull on an object

Back

Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Change in object's position

Back

Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Force of attraction between Earth and other objects

Back

Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Front

A force that acts between any two objects and pulls them together

Back

gravitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

The property of matter that keeps an object at rest or keeps it moving in a straight line.

Back

Inertia

Front

The measure of an object’s change in position during a unit of time

Back

Speed

Front

the measure of the speed and direction of motion of an object

Back

velocity

Front

1. any change in the speed or direction of an object’s motion

Back

acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

the location of a object

Back

position

Front

A measure of the gravitational force acting on an object

Back

weight