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6th Grade Science
6th Grade Motion, Forces and Energy
Term | Definition |
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Position | Describes the location of an object |
Motion | A change in a object's position over time |
Speed | Measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time |
Velocity | The speed of an object in a particular direction |
Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes over time |
Force | A push or pull exerted on an object |
Balanced Forces | Two or more forces that act upon an object and result in no change in motion |
Unbalanced Forces | Two or more forces resulting in a change in an object's motion |
Net Forces | The combination of all the forces acting on an object |
Inertia | The tendency of all objects to resist a change in motion |
Gravity | A force of attraction between objects due to their mass |
Orbit | The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space |