Force and Motion Vocabulary

______ : Change in an object's motion; caused by unbalanced forces

• Net force

• Law of inertia

• Speed

• Acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: Equal and opposite forces on an object that result in no change in position, direction, or motion: net force equals zerio

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Balanced Force

• Unbalanced Force

_____: tendency of an object to resist change in motion.

• Inertia

• Balanced Force

• Law of force and acceleration

• Velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

• Inertia

• Law of action-reaction

• speed

• acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

________: When an object that has a constant mass is acted upon by a force, the object will accelerate in the same direction as the force applied

• Law of inertia

• Speed

• Accelereation

• Law of force and acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: The tendency of an object to resist change in motion unless acted upon by a force

• Acceleration

• Law of inertia

• balanced force

• Net force

________: Measurement of the total forces exerted on an object

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Net force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_______: Distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Net Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

__________: Unequal forces on an object that may result in a change in position, direction, or motion: Net force does not equal zero

• Balanced Force

• Law of Inertia

• Law of force and acceleration

• Unbalanced Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_________: A measurement of an object's speed and direction

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Inertia

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1