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force and motion 2
Term | Definition |
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constant speed | When the speed of an object remains the same - it does not increase or decrease |
deceleration | a slowing down: the unexpected deceleration of your car might mean that you've run out of gas |
gravitational force | states that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
inertia | a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. |
newtons 1 law of motion | An object that is at rest will stay at rest unless an external force acts upon it. An object that is in motion will not change its velocity unless an external force acts upon it |
newtons 2 law of motion | The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force |
newtons 3 law of motion | For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction |