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Physics Childs 2
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM | When no external forces acts on a system, momentum remains unchanged. When two internal bodies interact and no external forces are acting, their total momentum remains unchanged |
CONSTANT FORCE | A steady uniform force being applied to an object |
CONSTANT SPEED | Uniform , unchanging speed, |
DISPLACEMENT | Length and direction of a straight line path, the magnitude of displacement is distance. |
ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY | Work is done on a spring by compressing or strecthing it, potential energy is stored in the spring. |
ENERGY | The capacity of a system to do work |
EQUILIBRIUM | A condidtion in which there are no unbalanced forces acting on an object. |
SLOPE OF A FORCE-DISPLACEMENT GRAPH | is the spring constant k; Fs = kx |