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Science Motion
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Position | describes the location of an object. |
| Reference point | is a location to which you compare other locations. |
| Motion | is a change in position over time. |
| Speed | of an object is a measure of how far something moves i n a given amount of time. |
| Vector | is a quantity that has both size and direction. |
| Velocity | is speed in a specific direction. |
| Acceleration | is the rate at which velocity changes. |
| Centripetal acceleration | acceleration in circular motion. |
| Force | is simply a push or pull. |
| Net force | the combination of all forces acting on a object. |
| Inertia | is the tendency of all objects to resist a change in motion. |
| Gravity | is a force of attraction between objects due to their mass. |
| Free fall | when gravity is pulling it don and no other forces are acting on it. |
| Orbit | when an objects travels around another object in space. |
| Fluid | is any material that can flow and that takes the shapes of it's container. |
| Pressure | is the measure of how much force is acting on a given area. |
| Pascal | is the force of one newton exerted over an area of one an area of one square meter. |
| Atmospheric pressure | the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere . |
| Buoyant force | is 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. |