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Forces
Term | Definition |
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Centriental Force | A Force that causes an object to move in a circle. |
Rolling Friction | friction that occurs when an object rolls over an object. |
Newton | The SI unit used for the magnitude, or strength, of a force. |
Force | A push or pull exerted on an object. |
Compression | an elastic force that squeezes or pushes molecules in matter together. |
Static Friction | Friction that acts on objects that are not moving. |
Balanced Forces | Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions. |
mass | a measure of how much matter is in an object |
free fall | The motion of a falling object when the only force acting on its gravity. |
Net Force | the overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together. |
Law of conservation of momentum | The rule that in the absence of that in the absence of outside forces the total momentum of objects that interact does not change. |
Tension | An elastic force that stretches or pulls or pulls on the molecules in matter. |
Sliding friction | Friction that occurs when one solid object slides over another. |
unbalanced force | Forces that causes an objects velocity to change. |
air resistance | the fluid friction experienced by objects falling through the air. |
Gravity | the force that pulls objects toward each other. |
Newton | A measure of the force of gravity on an object. |
Fluid Friction | F |