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Physics Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Force | push or a pulled |
conservation of energy | The law of physics that states that energy can be changed, but not lost or destroyed |
friction | the transfer of kinetic energy from a moving body to the atoms of matter around it |
Heat | the average speed of the atoms that make up an object |
Galleio | Italian astronomer and physicists who studied and created the term inertia |
Inertia | Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion, including changes to its speed and direction. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity. |
Kinetic Energy | energy in motion |
Potential Energy | Energy stored by an object |
Mechanics | Physics of motions |
Sir Isaac Newton | Newtons law - he used mathematics to develop theories that provide the building blocks for understanding physics and astronomy |
Transformation of energy | the law physics that states that energy can be changed from one form to another |