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Forces
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |