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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Position | The location of an object |
| Reference point | a location to which another location is compared |
| motion | an object's change in postion relative to a reference point |
| speed | the distance traveled divided by the time interval during whivh the motion occured |
| vector | a quantity that has both size and direction |
| velocity | the speed of an object in a particular direction |
| acceleration | the rate which velocity changes over time; and object accelerates if its speed |
| Centripetal acceleration | the acceleration directed toward the center of a circular path |
| force | a push or pull exerted on an object in order order to change the motion of the objection |
| 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 an outside force acts on the object |
| Gravity | a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses |
| free fall | 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 the body in space |