Force and Motion Vocabulary

A change in motion caused by unbalanced forces or a change in velocity

• force

• acceleration

• motion

• postion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the use of force to move an object through a distance

• force

• velocity

• machine

• work

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a measure of the distance an object moves in a given amount of time

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• force

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the forces acting on a object that are equal in size and opposite in directions, they cancel each other out

• net force

• unbalanced forces

• balanced forces

• force

something that makes work easier by changing the size or direction of a force

• machine

• work

• acceleration

• power

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a force that opposes or acts against motion when two surfaces rub against each other

• force

• magnetism

• gravity

• friction

forces that are not equal

• balanced

• force

• power

• unbalanced force

the force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another

• force

• friction

• gravitation

• momentum

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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the amount of work done for each unit of time

• work

• power

• force

• speed

the result of two or more forces acting together on an object

• net force

• force

• power

• acceleration

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2