Unit 3 Force/Motion Vocab

The measure of DISTANCE traveled over TIME

• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Constant Velocity
• Speed

The measure of SPEED in a given DIRECTION

• Speed
• Acceleration
• Constant Speed
• Velocity

When an object changes SPEED or DIRECTION *A change in velocity!*

• Speed
• Velocity
• Constant Speed
• Acceleration

The total distance traveled DIVIDED by the total time traveled

• Constant Speed
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Average Speed

Speed of an object that does NOT CHANGE

• Constant Velocity
• Acceleration
• Average Speed
• Constant Speed

Speed AND direction of an object does NOT CHANGE **The object is neither speeding up or slowing down, it is maintaining!**

• Constant Speed
• Acceleration
• Average Speed
• Constant Velocity

A change in an object's POSITION over time

• Force
• Acceleration
• Speed
• Motion

A PUSH or a PULL on an object

• Unbalanced Force
• Balanced Force
• Newton
• Force

EQUAL forces acting on an object in OPPOSITE directions resulting in NO MOVEMENT

• Unbalanced Force
• Newton
• Average Speed
• Balanced Force

UNEQUAL forces acting on an object resulting in MOVEMENT

• Constant Velocity
• Balanced Force
• Average Speed
• Unbalanced Force