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Week 5
force and motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drag | resistance by friction from air or water moving over a surface |
| Equilibrium | balance |
| Deceleration | slowing down |
| Newton | a unit of force |
| Pivot | a fixed point supporting something that turns or balances |
| Axis | an imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around |
| Pressure | the force per unit area exerted on an object |
| energy | in physics, the ability to work |
| impulse | something that changes the momentum of an object. As a measurement, it equals the objects mass multiplied by its velocity. For spinning things there is a related idea called angular momentum. |
| projectile | an object that has been put into motion in the air by some force. |