May the Force Be With You Unit Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Action Force | A force that acts on an object. |
| Reaction Force | A force that acts in the opposite direction of the action force. |
| Force | A push or pull on an object. |
| Opposite | Different |
| Momentum | The force or speed with which something moves. |
| Speed | A rate at which something happens. |
| Rate | Any change over time. |
| Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes |
| Velocity | Speed in a given direction. |
| Friction | A force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move past each other. |
| Distance | The length of a path between two points. |
| Time | An instance or single occasion for some event. |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| N.A.S.A. | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States Space Program) |
| graph | Visual display of information or data. |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. |
| Remain | Stay the same. |
| Balanced Force | Two or more forces that are equal and opposite of one another, but do not cause change in motion. |
| Unbalanced Force | Two or more forces that are not equal and opposite of one another, and they can cause change in motion. |
| Direction | A line leading to a place or point. |
| Newton's 1st Law | (Law of Inertia) an object in motion tends to stay in motion & an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. |
| Newton's 2nd Law | Force = Mass x Acceleration |
| Newton's 3rd Law | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. |
| Issac Newton | Defined the laws of motion and gravity by explaining the motion of the universe. |
| Terminology | Special vocabulary of a subject. |
| Aerodynamics | The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. |
| Identify | To be able to name and/or label something as being a particular thing. |
| Define | To give the meaning of a word. |
| Interpret | To explain the meaning of something. |
| Describe | To tell what something is like by giving details. |
| Mechanical | Having to do with or being made by machines or tools. |
| Amount | How much of something. |
| Reduce | To make smaller. |
| Advantages | Makes work easier. |
| Simple Machine | A machine that does work with only one movement. |
| Pressure | The amount of force pushing on an area. |
| Work | Transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move; measured in joules |
| Fluid | A substance that can flow easily. |
| Satellite | Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon. |
| Technology | The ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs. |
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