Physics vocabulary

The "total" force acting on an object:

• net force

• balanced force

• gravity force

• math force

Energy is never created or destroyed, it's simply transformed into other types

• law of conservation of mass

• law of conservation of turkey

• law of conservation of energy

• law of conservation of matter

A push or pull on an object

• Force

• Newton

• Kinetic

• Inertia

• Motion

A change in velocity:

• acceleration

• speed

• inertia

• force

Distance traveled per unit of time

• acceleration

• velocity

• speed

• kinetic

• inertia

Forces that do NOT cause a change in motion:

• unbalanced

• balanced

• potential

• inertia

Speed of an object at one moment in time is...

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Instantaneous speed

• Average speed

The object to which you compare another object to see if its in motion

• reference point

• referee point

• referral point

• resistance point

• replica point

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• inertia

• friction

• 3rd law

• potential

• acceleration

The energy of motion:

• thermal

• kinetic

• potential

• wind