Force & Motion Vocabulary

A push or a pull.

• force

• mass

• inertia

• friction

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A change in speed or direction.

• force

• Newton

• acceleration

• speed

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The SI unit for force

• mL

• seconds

• cm

• Newton

A fixed ratio between things.

• distance

• rate

• speed

• Newton

Quantity that describes the amount of matter in an object.

• mass

• weight

• length

• volume

The force acting on an object by gravity.

• weight

• mass

• velocity

• speed

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The distance an object travels in a certain amount of time.

• weight

• acceleration

• speed

• velocity

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion.

• force

• friction

• inertia

• speed

The force that exists between any 2 objects that are in contact.

• rate

• velocity

• speed

• friction

When the net force on an object is NOT zero.

• force

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• friction

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