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Grade 6 Unit B Ch 3
Scott Foresman 6th Science Unit B Ch 3 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |