PhysicalScience

ContentStatements

Forcesbetweenobjectsactwhentheobjectsareindirectcontactor
whentheyarenottouching.
Magnetic,electrical,andgravitationalforcescanactatadistance.
Theirforcedecreaseswithdistance.
Forceshavemagnitudeanddirection.
Themotionofanobjectisalwaysmeasuredwithrespecttoareferencepoint.
Forcescanbeadded.Thenetforceonanobjectisthesumofalloftheforces
actingonthatobject.Thenetforceactingonanobjectcanchangetheobjects
directionand/orspeed.
Whenthenetforceisgreaterthanzero,theobjectsspeedand/ordirectionwill
change.
Whenthenetforceiszero,theobjectremainsatrestorcontinuestomoveata
constantspeedinastraightline.
Therearedifferenttypesofpotentialenergy.
Gravitationalpotentialenergychangesinasystemasthemassesorrelative
positionsofobjectsarechanged.
Objectscanhaveelasticpotentialenergyduetotheircompressionorchemical
potentialenergyduetothenatureandarrangementoftheatomsthatmakeupthe
object.

Vocabulary

force generator netforce thermalenergy

magnet magnitude stationary compression
electricity referencepoint Newton potentialenergy
gravity direction kineticfriction chemicalpotentialenergy
weight speed drag electricalpotentialenergy
mass balancedforces forcediagram magneticpotentialenergy
repel unbalancedforces gravitationalpotentialenergy
attract constantspeed elasticpotentialenergy