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Forces
Chapter 2 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Force | a push or pull |
| newton | The strength of a force |
| Net Force | The combination of all forces acting on an object |
| Unbalanced force | Whenever there is net force acting on an object the object is unbalanced |
| Balanced force | Equal forces acting on one object in opposite directions |
| Friction | The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other |
| Static friction | The friction that acts on objects that are not moving |
| Sliding friction | occurs when two solid surfaces slide over each other |
| Rolling friction | occurs when an object rolls across a surface |
| Fluid Friction | occurs when a solid object moves through a fluid |
| Gravity | a force that pulls objects toward each other |
| Mass | a measured amount of matter in an object |
| Weight | The force of gravity on a person or object at the surface of a planet |
| Free Fall | When the only force acting on an object is gravity the object is said to be in ____ ____ |
| Air resistance | Objects falling through air experience a type of fluid friction called ___ __________ |
| Terminal velocity | the greatest velocity a falling object reaches |
| Projectile | an object that is thrown |
| Inertia | Galileo's concept of air resistance to a change in motion |
| Momentum | A characteristic of a moving object that is related to the mass and the velocity of an object |
| law of conservation of energy | States that, in the absence of outside forces the total momentum of objects that interact does not change |
| Satellite | any object that orbits another object in space |
| Centripetal force | Any force that causes an object to move in a circular path |
| Linear | motion in a straight line |
| Projectile | Motion along a curved path |
| Rotational | Spinning motion around a fixed/stationary point |
| Vibrational | Series of small but fast back and forth movements or side to side |