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Grade 6 Unit B Ch 3
Scott Foresman 6th Science Unit B Ch 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | The change in velocity during a particular time period |
| Air Resistance | The friction from air molecules hitting an object as the object moves through the air |
| Balanced Forces | Equal forces acting in opposite directions |
| Force | A push or pull |
| Frame of Reference | The object an observer uses to detect motion |
| Friction | A force between surfaces that resists the movement of one surface past the other surface |
| Gravity | The force of attraction that exists between any two objects |
| Inertia | Resistance of an object to change in its state of motion |
| Instantaneous Speed | The speed at any given point |
| Law | A statement that describes events or relationships that exist in nature |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| net force | The combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton | In the metric system, the unit used to measure force or weight |
| Relative Motion | The change in position of one object compared to the position of another |
| Velocity | Measures both the speed and the direction of a moving object |
| Weight | A measure of the pull of gravity on an object's mass |