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forces
Term | Definition |
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force | A force push or pull exerted on an object |
newton | The SI unit used for the magnitude, or strength, of a force |
net force | The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together |
unbalanced forces | Forces that cause an object's velocity to chane |
balanced forces | Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions |
friction | The force that one surface exerts on another when the two surfaces rub against each other |
static friction | Friction that are not moving |
sliding friction | Friction that occurs when one solid surfaces slides over another |
rolling friction | Friction that occurs when an object rolls over a surface |
fluid friction | friction that occurs as an object moves through a fluid |
gravity | The force that pulls objects toward each other |
mass | A measure of how much matter and is in an object |
weight | A measure of the force of gravity on an object |
free fall | The motion of a falling object when the only force acting on it is gravity |
air resistant | The fluid friction experienced by objects falling through the air |
projectile | An object that is thrown |
compression | An elastic force that squeezes or pushes the molecules in matter together |
tension | An elastic force that stretches or pulls on the molecules in matter |
inertia | The tendency of an object to resit any change in its motion |
momentum | The product of an object's mass and velocity |
law of conservation momentum | The rule that in the absence of outside forces the total momentum of objects that interact does not change |
satellite | Any object that orbits around another object in space |
centripetal | A force that cause an object to move in a circle |