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Force and Motion

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Position   Location of an object  
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Motion   An object's change in position relative to a reference point  
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Reference Point   A place or object to which another location is compared  
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Displacement   The straight-line distance between a starting point and an end point  
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Speed   The measure of how quickly distance changes with time  
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Average Speed   Motion over a period of time  
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Instantaneous Speed   The speed of an object at a specific instant in time  
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Velocity   Speed combined with the direction of motion  
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Vector   Physical quantity that has size and direction  
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Acceleration   Measure of how quickly velocity changes  
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Newton's 2nd Law   Acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the net force applied  
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Net Force   The combination of all the forces acting on the object  
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Balanced Forces   A set of forces that cancel one another so that there is no overall force on an object  
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Unbalanced Forces   A set of forces acting on an object that do not cancel each other out  
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Potential Energy   Stored energy or energy of position (PE=mgh)  
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Kinetic Energy   Energy of movement (KE=mv-squared)  
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