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Force and Motion Voc
Learn Your Vocabulary for Force and Motion!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| force | a push or a pull |
| motion | moving something from one place to another |
| speed | the rate of motion, or how fast something travels, distance/time |
| gravity | a pull that attracts objects to each other, only noticeable when one of the objects is very large |
| motion | described in terms of position, direction, speed |
| magnetism | force that acts at a distance and cannot be seen |
| unbalanced force | may speed an object up, slow it down, or make it change directions |
| balanced force | forces are equal in strength but opposite in direction and do not change the motion of objects |
| friction | a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching |