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Rocket Vocabulary
Study For Test On 3/31/14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The product of an objects mass and velocity | Momentum |
| The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion | Inertia |
| A Measure of how much matter Is in an object | Mass |
| The motion of a falling object when the only force acting on it is gravity | Free Fall |
| Equal forces acting on an object in the opposite direction | Balanced Forces |
| Friction that occurs as an object moves through a fluid | Fluid Friction |
| A push or pull exerted on an object | Force |
| The force that pulls objects toward each other | Gravity |
| The force that one surface exerts on another when 2 surfaces rub against each other | Friction |
| The rule that in the absence of outside forces, The total momentum of objects that interact does not change | Law of Conservation of Momentum |
| A measure of the forces of gravity on an object | Weight |
| Forces that produce a nonzeronet force, which changes an objects motion. | Unbalanced Forces |
| The fluid friction experimented by objects falling through the air | Air Resistance |
| An Object That Is Thrown | Projectile |
| The SI Unit of Measurement | Newton |
| The Overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together | Net Force |
| The greatest velocity a falling object can achieve | Terminal Velocity |