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motion and forces
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| position | describes the location of an object |
| reference point | a location to which your compare other location |
| motion | a change in position over time |
| speed | a measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time |
| vector | a cuantity that has both size and direction |
| velocity | speed in a specific direction |
| acceleration | the rate at which velocity changes |
| centripetal acceleration | acceleration in circular motion |
| force | a push or pull |
| net force | the combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| inertia | the tendensy of all objects to resist a change in motion |
| gravity | a force of attraction between objects and their mass |
| free fall | when gravity is pulling it down and no other forces are acting on it |
| orbit | an object is an orbit when it travels around another object in space |