6th grade Science Force and Motion Vocabulary
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| reference point | a point used to find or describe the location of an object or the starting point used to describe the motion or position of an object
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| position | the location of an object or an object's distance and directions from a reference point
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| direction | the path that an object is moving or facing
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| motion | a change in position or the process of changing position
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| balanced force | equal forces on an object that do not change the position or motion of an object; balanced forces = no movement
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| unbalanced force | a force on an object that causes change in the position or motion of an object; one side has more force than another side of an object
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| resting position | when an object remains in the same location or spot
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| speed | the rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time
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| velocity | the speed and direction of an object
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| displacement | the difference between the initial or starting position and the final position of an object that has been moved
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| x-axis | the horizontal line with labels on a coordinate grid; the independent variable (often time) is represented on the x-axis
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| y-axis | the vertical line with labels on a coordinate grid; the dependent variable (often distance) is represented on the y-axis
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| distance-time graph | illustrates change in motion; time is graphed on the x-axis and distance is on the y-axis
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| speed-time graph | illustrates the speed of an object on the y-axis and the time on the x-axis
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| force | a push or pull (examples are gravity, friction, magnetism, wind, etc.)
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