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