Motion Vocabulary

3. the action or process of moving or being moved.
7. when the object is moving in the positive direction, but the rate of change of velocity is negative
8. the acceleration of an object in free fall within a vacuum (and thus without experiencing drag).
9. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
13. a place where someone or something is located or has been put.
15. the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
16. an amount of space between two things or people.
18. When two forces are the same strength but act in opposite direction
20. a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force.
21. the speed of something in a given direction
22. The rate of change of position of an object in any direction.
23. the quantity of matter in a physical body

1. When the speed of an object remains the same it does not increase or decrease
2. a course along which someone or something moves.
4. three laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it.
5. the force applied in one direction is greater than the force applied in the opposite direction.
6. the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
10. the moving of something from its place or position.
11. the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
12. if its position does not change with time as seen by the stationary body.
14. strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement
17. the rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
19. not impeded by or creating friction; smooth.