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Sience Quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The ability to do work | Energy |
| the ability to make something move (potential and kinetic energy) | Mechanical Energy |
| the energy that an object or substance has because of its position or condition | Potential Energy |
| the energy that an object or substance has because of its motion | Kinetic energy |
| the change in the objects position | Motion |
| fixed, unmoving object; needs to be fixed in position | Reference point |
| how far an object travels: the amount of space between two points | Distance |
| The distance an object travels in a specific time | Speed |
| the speed of an object at any one moment | Instantaneous speed |
| the speed an object travels during an entire trip | Average speed |
| the distance an object moves over a given amount of time in a certain direction | Velocity |
| a change in velocity during a period of time | Acceleration |
| a push or pull applied to an object in order to change its velocity | Force |
| a force that keeps an object from moving against other objects | Friction |
| mass and velocity | Momentum |
| An object tends to stay at the same velocity unless another force causes it to change; an object at rest tends to stay at rest | 1st law of Motion |
| resistance to a change in motion | Inertia |
| the pull of one object on another object | Gravity |
| resistance caused when two objects move against each other | Friction |
| Force is equal to an object’s mass and the acceleration of the object Mass ✘ acceleration = force | 2nd Law of Motion |
| When one object everts a force on a second object, the second object reacts by exerting an equal force back on the first object ; the law "action and reaction" | 3rd Law of motion |