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Motion
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Position | Describes the location of an object |
| Reference Point | A location to which you compare other locations |
| Motion | A change in position over time |
| Speed | Measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time |
| Vector | A quantity that has both size and direction |
| Velocity | Speed in a specific direction |
| Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes |
| Centripetal Acceleration | Acceleration in a circular motion |
| Force | A push or pull |
| Net force | The combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Inertia | The tendency of all objects to resist a change in motion |
| Gravity | A force of attraction between objects due to their mass |
| Free fall | When gravity is pulling down and no other forces are acting on it |
| Orbit | When it travels around another object in space |
| Fluid | Any material that can flow and that takes the shape of its container |
| Pressure | The measure of how much force is acting on a given area |
| Pascal | The SI unit for pressure |
| Atmospheric pressure | The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere |
| Buoyant Force | An upward force that fluids exert on all matter |
| Archimedes' principle | States that the buoyant force acting on an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of fluid that the object displaces |