Unit 2 Progression 2 - Vocabulary Words

The rate at which velocity changes.​

• Acceleration
• Balanced Forces
• Contact Force
• Field Force
• Force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Situation in which the sum of all of the forces acting on an object are equal to zero.

• Tension

• Balanced Forces
• Velocity

• Field Force
• Force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A force that acts when two or more objects are in contact with each other.

• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

• Balanced Forces
• Velocity

• Contact Force

• Friction

A force that does not require contact between objects. (e.g. gravitational, magnetic, and electric

• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

• Tension

• Field Forces

• Contact Force

• Velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Push or pull that makes an object move or change speed or direction if it is already moving.

• Newton's 4th Law of Motion

• Force

• Field Forces

• Contact Force

• Velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Resistance caused by moving the surface of one object over the surface of another object.

• Friction

• Mass

• Force

• Contact Force

• Unbalanced Forces

Resistance caused by moving the surface of one object over the surface of another object.

• Inertia

• Mass

• Force

• Gravitational Force

• Velocity

Resistance caused by moving the surface of one object over the surface of another object.

• Friction

• Mass

• Force

• Contact Force

• Unbalanced Forces

Field that attracts objects to move towards the center of the earth, moon, or other planet.Field that attracts objects to move towards the center of the earth, moon, or other planet.

• Friction

• Gravitational Force

• Tension

• Gravity

• Unbalanced Forces

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest, and an object in motion to remain in motion.

• Mass

• Gravitational Force

• Tension

• Velocity

• Inertia