Forces & Motion
A push or a pull applied to an object is called a what?
What is force?
North, South, East, and West are known as what kind of directions?
What are Cardinal Directions?
On a distance-time graph, what does a flat, horizontal line mean the object is doing?
What is stopped?
An invisible force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
An object's exact location in a space or on a grid is called its...
What is position?
On a distance-time graph, does a steep line going up mean the object is moving fast or slow?
What is fast?
The force that surfaces exert on each other when they rub together, slowing things down?
What is friction?
The total length of the path between two points or locations is called...
What is Distance?
If Line A is steeper than Line B on a motion graph, which object is traveling with a greater speed?
Line A
Any change in an object's position over time is known simply as...
What is motion?
The reference lines on a graph or map (the X and Y lines) are called an...
What is Axis?
What stays the same if a distance-time graph shows a straight diagonal line with a steady slope?
What is constant speed?
If an object is speeding up, we describe the change in speed using this vocabulary word.
What is Increasing?
If you walk 4 steps North and 3 steps East, your starting place compared to your final place determines your change in...
What is position?
If time is on the bottom (X-axis) and distance is on the side (Y-axis), what does it mean when the line goes straight back down toward zero?
What is the object is returning to the starting point.