Egg Car Vocabulary

Freedom from danger, risk or injury.

Safety

A safety strap or harness designed to hold a person securely in a seat of a motor vehicle.

Seat Belt

An autmotive passive restraint consisting of a bag that is designed to inflate upon collosion and prevent passengers from injury.

Air Bag

An accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object.

Collision

The striking of one body against another object.

Impact

To protect from impact or other disturbing effects.

Cushion

Restraints

An influence that inhabits movement; a limitation.

Crash Test

A procedure that allows you to fall, land, or hit with destructive force.

Force

Push or pull acting upon an object or body.

Rollover

A motor vehicle accident in which the vehicle overturns.

Side Impact

To forcefully make contact with side of vehicle.

Head-On-Collision

To come together with direct impact with front of two vehicles.

Mass

Amount of matter in an object.

Newton's 1st Law

A body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force.

Momentum

An impelling force of strength; ex. the car's momentum carried it off the road.

Speed

Distance traveled by a moving object per unit of time.

Friction

Force that opposes the motion of an object.