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Law of Motion
Ch 7 Les 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| force | a push or a pull |
| friction | a force that opposes motion and that occurs when things slide or roll over each other |
| inertia | the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion |
| acceleration | the rate at which velocity is changing |
| deceleration | the rate of slow down |
| velocity | speed and direction |
| constant speed | speed that does not change |
| varying speed | speed that changes |
| 1st law | object at rest remains at rest, object in motion remains in motion |
| 2nd Law | mass and force |
| 3rd Law | action, reaction |
| gravity | the force of attraction between any two objects that have mass |
| law of universal gravitation | gravitational force depends on the mass of the two objects involved and on the distance between them |