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Science 5th Vocab

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speed   how fast an objects position changes with time at any given moment  
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velocity   the speed and direction of a moving object  
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gravity   the force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass  
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inertia   the tendency of a moving object to move in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion  
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friction   a force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another  
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mass   a measure of the amount of matter in an object  
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weight   the force of gravity between earth and an object  
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action   the force one object applies to a second  
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reaction   the force with which an object responds to an action  
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force   a push or pull exerted by one object on another, causing a change in motion  
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unbalanced   forces that do not cancel each other out when acting together on a single object  
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balanced   forces that cancel each other out when acting on a single object  
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simple   a machine with few moving parts, making it easier to do work  
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lever   a simple machine made of a rigid bar and a pivot point, called the fulcrum  
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fulcrum   the pivot point of a lever  
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effort   the part of a lever that applies force to the resistance arm  
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resistance   the part of a lever that applies force to the load and the machine acts against  
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