Motion and Forces Vocabulary

the line or course along which something moves, faces, or lies

• position

• distance

• motion

• direction

the amount of space between two objects or points; how far away something is

• speed

• position

• distance

• motion

a change in an object’s position over time

• motion

• direction

• position

• distance

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the location of an object

• motion

• distance

• direction

• position

how fast an object’s position changes with time at any given moment

• distance

• position

• speed

• direction

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a push or pull

• acceleration

• force

• friction

• unbalanced forces

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a force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another

• friction

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

• acceleration

forces that act together on an object without changing its motion

• friction

• acceleration

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

forces that do not cancel each other out and that cause an object to change its motion

• balanced force

• force

• friction

• unbalanced force

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a change in velocity with respect to time

• motion

• friction

• acceleration

• force

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