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Science 5th Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| speed | how fast an objects position changes with time at any given moment |
| velocity | the speed and direction of a moving object |
| gravity | the force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass |
| inertia | the tendency of a moving object to move in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion |
| friction | a force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another |
| mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
| weight | the force of gravity between earth and an object |
| action | the force one object applies to a second |
| reaction | the force with which an object responds to an action |
| force | a push or pull exerted by one object on another, causing a change in motion |
| unbalanced | forces that do not cancel each other out when acting together on a single object |
| balanced | forces that cancel each other out when acting on a single object |
| simple | a machine with few moving parts, making it easier to do work |
| lever | a simple machine made of a rigid bar and a pivot point, called the fulcrum |
| fulcrum | the pivot point of a lever |
| effort | the part of a lever that applies force to the resistance arm |
| resistance | the part of a lever that applies force to the load and the machine acts against |