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Unit 1 Motion
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acceleration | the rate at which velocity changes |
| velocity | speed in a specific direction |
| vector | a quantity that has both size and direction |
| speed | an object is a measure of how far something moves in a given amount of time |
| motion | a change in position over relative to a reference point |
| reference point | a location to which you compare other locations |
| Position | describes location of an object |
| centripetal acceleration | acceleration in circular motion |
| force | simply a push or pull |
| net force | combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| interia | the tendency of all objects to resist a change in motion |
| gravity | a force of attratction between objects due to their mass |
| free fall | when gravity is pulling it down and no other forces are acting on it |
| orbit | when it travels around another object in space |
| pressure | the measure of how much force is acting on a given area |
| pascal | The SI unit pressure |
| fluid | any material that can flow and that takes the shape of its container |
| atmospheric pressure | pressure caused by the weight of the atomosphere |
| buoyant force | an upward force that fluids exert on all matter |
| Archimedes' principle | states that the buoyant acting on an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaces |