forces and motion vocabulary

Gravity

The force that attracts you to the center of the earth.

Magnetism

The power of magnets.

Newton

The fundamental principle that describes the relationship between an object's motion and the forces acting upon it.

Potential energy

The energy that is waiting to be relesed

Kinetic energy

The energy and object possesses because of its motion.

newtons 1 law of motion

An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external net force.

Newtons 2 law of motion

how fast an object moves depending on how hard it is being pushed and how heavy.

newtons 3 law of motion

when there is a action there is a reaction

applied force

An applied force is a push or a pull on an object from an external force.

variable

the one part of an science experiment that is changed

constant

It creates a constant acceleration

Balanced forces

Forces that have equal strength and cancel each other out

Unbalanced forces

Forces with unbalanced strength will move in one direction

Movement

The act of changing positions

position

a place, location, or arrangement of a person or object in relation to other things

push

to move an object forward

pull

to move an object backward

Friction

the force that resists the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, or material elements sliding or grinding against each other.

Motion

The study of how objects move (describing position, velocity, and acceleration) without looking at what causes the movement.

Direction

the spatial orientation or line along which an object moves, faces, or extends relative to a specific point of reference.

Speed

is how quick an object moves.

force

a push or a pull acting on an object

Inertia

the natural tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion

Acceleration

the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time.