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Motion and Forces
Unit 1, Lesson 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Position | The location of an object |
| Speed | The distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred |
| Reference Point | The location to which another location is compared |
| Vector | A quantity that has both size and direction |
| Motion | An objects change in position relative to a reference point |
| Velocity | The speed of an object in a particular direction |
| Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes over time; an object accelerates if its speed, direction or both change |
| Centripetal Acceleration | The acceleration directed toward the center of a circular path |
| Force | A push or pull exerted on an object in order to change the motion of the object; force has size and direction |
| Net Force | The combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Interia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion unless an outside force acts on the object |
| Gravity | The force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses |
| Free Fall | The motion of the body when only the force of gravity is acting on the body |
| Orbit | The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space |