Key Vocabulary

3. rate at which an object's velocity changes
4. the rate at which an object covers distance/ how fast?
6. natural tendency of matter to resist changes in its state of motion
9. a push or pull acting upon an object
11. a field defined in space that describes the potential energy per unit of a quantity
15. the vector measurement of an object's overall change in position
16. a vector measurement of the rate of change in an object's position
17. how far apart two points are
18. a tool, device, or person that scales, adjusts, or climbs

1. the active protection and restoration of natural resources, ecosytems, etc.
2. motion, specifically describing energy
5. the capacity or ability to do work, produce change, or drive physical processes
7. the force exerted on an object by gravity, representing how heavy it is
8. a quantity defined by both a magnitude (size) and a direction
10. the total amount of matter
12. the ratio of useful output energy (or power) to total input energy
13. the state of balance in a system where opposing forces, processes, or reaction rates are equal
14. universal force of attraction