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Water Bottle Rocket Vocab Flashcards
physics and Newton's laws ideas
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Science
6th Grade
10/29/2010

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rest
Definition
not moving
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motion
Definition
a change in an object's position
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force
Definition
a push or pull
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inertia
Definition
the tendency for all objects to resist change until a force acts upon it
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action
Definition

doing something; the result of a force

Air and water shoot out of the rocket (action)

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reaction
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opposite of action; it is the result of the action

 

When air and water shoot out of the rocket (action), the rocket goes into the air.  This is the reaction.

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unbalanced forces
Definition
forces that produce a change in an object's motion
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balanced forces
Definition
forces that do nbot produce a change in motion of a moving object (volleyball sits on the gym floor)
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acceleration
Definition
the rate at which velocity changes; a speed change; direction change; or both
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mass
Definition
amount of matter in an object
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thrust
Definition
a forward force
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weight
Definition
the measure of gravitational force on an object
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lift
Definition
an upward force on an object
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drag
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a force that opposes (goes against) motion
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friction
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a force that opposes motion between 2 surfaces that are in contact
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gravity
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A force of attraction, or a pull, between objects. It is caused by their masses.
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velocity
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the speed of an object in a particular DIRECTION
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speed
Definition
the distance traveled divided by the time it took the object to travel
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