Science Vocabulary - Forces and Direction

The path on which something is moving.

• Direction

• Distance

• Motion

A change in a objects position.

• Distance

• Motion

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Forces that cancel each other out when acting together on an object

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

• Friction

The location of an object.

• Speed

• Friction

• Position

How far one object or place is from another

• Unbalanced Forces

• Distance

• Direction

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

• Balanced Forces

• Force

• Unbalanced Forces

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A measure of how fast or slow an object moves.

• Direction

• Motion

• Speed

A push or pull

• Force

• Unbalanced Forces

• Balanced Forces

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A force between two moving objects that slows them down.

• Friction

• Force

• Speed