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Science CH.10

TermDefinition
Force A Push or pull exerted on an object.
Newton The SI unit used for the magnitude or strength of a force.
Net Force The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together.
Unbalanced Forces Causes an object of the velocity to change.
Balanced Forces Equal forces acting on one object in opposite direction.
Friction 2 surfaces exert pressure on each other.
Static The friction that acts on an object that are not moving.
Sliding When two solid surfaces slide over each other.
Fluid When a solid object moves through a fluid.
Rolling When an object rolls across a surface.
Gravity Force that pulls an object towards e/o.
Mass The amount of matter in an object.
Weight The amount of gravity on an object.
Free-Fall Force of Gravity alone causes an object to accelerate.
Air Resistance Fluid friction of air acts on object falling.
Projectile An object that is thrown will fall just as fast as object dropped will hit the ground at the same time.
Compression Is an elastic force that squeezes or pushes matter together.
Tension An elastic force that stretches or pulls matter.
Inertia The tendency of an object resist a change in motion.
Momentum A characteristic of a moving object that depends on both the mass and the velocity of the object.
Law Of Conservation of Momentum The state that, in the absence of outside forces, the total momentum of objects that interact does not change.
Satellite Any Obj that orbits another obj in space.
Centripetal Force Any force that causes an obj to move in a circular path.
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