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Force & Motion Vocab
force and motion vocabulary - unit 4 - lessons 1 & 2
Question | Answer |
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Friction | The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. |
Gravity | The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. |
Force | Make a way through or into by physical strength. |
Speed | Rapidity of movement or action. |
Inertia | A property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or in uniform motion in a straight line. |
Weight | A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force. |
Velocity | The speed of something in a given direction. |
Energy | The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. |
Acceleration | Increase in the rate or speed of something. |
Motion | The action or process of moving or being moved. |
Drag | Pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty. |
Work | Activity involving mental or physical effort doe in order to achieve a purpose or result. |
Mass | a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape. |
momentum | The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. |
Pressure | The continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it. |
direction | A course along which someone or something moves. |