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Science Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motion | The action or process of moving or being moved. |
| Speed | A way of measuring how quickly something is moving or being done. |
| Velocity | The speed of something in a given direction. |
| Acceleration | Increase in the rate or speed of something. |
| Force | Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. |
| Newton | It is equal to the force that would give a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one meter per second. |
| Net Force | Is the overall force acting on an object. |
| Friction | The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. |
| Gravity | The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. |
| Weight | Is the force of gravity on an object. |
| Mass | Is a dimensionless quantity representing the amount of matter in a particle or object. |
| Inertia | A property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force. |
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