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Chapter 5: Motion Sci-words- page 1

Skills: Literacy, knowledge Unit 5.1 Describing motion

Word
displacement average speed velocity ticker-timer stationary gradient reaction time

Clue
Distance and direction from the start. Distance/time. Speed with direction. Electric hammer used to measure motion. At rest. Slope of a graph. Time it takes to detect and respond to an emergency.

Unit 5.2 Acceleration

Word
acceleration deceleration meters per second squared Accelerometer Stopping distance

Clue
Rate of change in velocity. Negative acceleration. m/s2 Acceleration indicator. Reaction distance + braking distance.

Unit 5.3 Newtons first law

Word
force inertia Newtons first law newton

Clue
Push or pull. The effect of no force being applied. The law of inertia. Unit of force.

Unit 5.4 Newtons second law

Word
mass kilogram newtons second law balanced acceleration

Clue
The amount of matter. Unit of mass. F = ma When forces cancel each other out. A change in force may cause this.

Unit 5.5 Newtons third law

Word
Action/reaction force pair Newtons third law recoil

Clue
Pair of forces. You push me, I push you! Weapons do this when fired.