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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| position | the location of an object. |
| reference point | a location to which another location is compare d. |
| motion | an objects 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 had both size and direction. |
| 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 an the 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 object. |
| gravity | a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses. |
| freefall | the motion of a 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. |
| fluid | a non-solid state of matter in which that atoms or molecules are free to move past each other, as in a gas or liquid. |
| pressure | the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface. |
| pascal | the S1 unit of pressure |
| atmospheric pressure | the pressure cause by the weight of the atmosphere. |
| buoyant force | the upward force that keeps an object immersed in or floating on a liquid. |
| Archimedes' principle | the principle that stated that the buoyant force on a object in a fluid is an upward force equal |