Contact Forces Vocabulary

Stored energy in an object (i.e. a spring or something on top of a hill)

• kinetic energy
• magnetism
• potential energy
• peak force

a very tiny portion of matter, everything is made of these but we can’t see them

• nugget
• oxygen
• dust
• particle

a force caused by an object moving through the air

• friction
• peak force
• air resistance
• kinetic energy

the resistance that one surface encounters when moving over another caused by rubbing

• air resistance
• friction

wind blowing from in front, going the opposite direction of travel

• headwind
• tailwind
• breeze
• aerodynamics

wind blowing from behind, going the same direction of travel

• headwind
• tailwind
• drag
• aerodynamics

the energy of motion

• potential energy
• trasfer
• kinetic energy
• thermal energy

permanent shape change

• deformation
• bend
• kinetic energy
• damage

shape change of an object could be permanent or temporary

• twist
• shout
• deformation
• peak force

a push or a pull

• peak force
• force
• potential energy
• dent