Force and Motion Vocabulary

Front

Speed

Back

how fast an object is moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

Effect

Back

A result or change that happens because of an event or process

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

Collision

Back

The moment when two objects hit one another.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Front

Force

Back

A push or a pull that can change the motion of an object.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Friction

Back

A force between an object and the surface it is moving over.

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-1

Front

Velocity

Back

The speed of an object in a specific direction.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Front

Momentum

Back

The quantity of motion an object has, dependent on its mass and velocity.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

Front

Acceleration

Back

The rate at which an object changes its velocity.

Front

Gravity

Back

A force that attracts two bodies towards each other, commonly experienced as weight.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Front

Inertia

Back

The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2