Motion and Force Vocabulary

The rate at which velocity changes

• gravity

• acceleration

• velocity

• friction

 Total distance divided by total time

• gravity

• acceleration

• average speed

• friction

 The speed of an object at one instant of time.

• instantaneous speed

• acceleration

• average speed

• friction

 the system of units (SI) used by scientists to measure the properties of matter

• US customary measurement

• International System of Units

• Fraction system of measurement

• Fahrenheit

 Unit of length

• temperature

• gram

• meter

• second

 An object's change in position relative to a reference point.

• temperature

• motion

• time

• length

A place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion

• reference point

• product

• time

• length

The steepness of a line on a graph

• reference point

• product

• slope

• length

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The distance an object travels per unit of time

• reference point

• product

• slope

• speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Speed in a given direction

• reference point

• product

• slope

• velocity