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science forces of motion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archimedes' principle | the rule that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces |
| Bernolli's principle | the rule that a stream of fast moving fluid exerts less pressure than surrounding the fluid |
| Buoyant forces | the upward force exerted by a fluid on an submerged object |
| centripetal force | a force that causes an object to move in a circle |
| efficiency | the percentage of the input work that is converted to output work |
| fulcrum | the fixed point around the lever pivots |
| inertia | the tendency of an object |
| mechanical adventure | |
| net force | |
| newton | |
| pascal | |
| Pascal's principle | |
| static friction | |
| terminal velocity | |
| velocity | |
| average speed |