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FORCE MOTION SPEED VELOCITY
Term | Definition |
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FORCE | A PUSH OR A PULL |
MOTION | CHANGE IN POSITION BASED ON A REFERENCE POINT |
SPEED | DISTANCE TRAVELED DIVIDED BY TIME |
VELOCITY | DISTANCE AND TIME, ADD A DIRECTION |
ACCELERATION | CHANGE IN THE VELOCITY OF AN OBJECT; CHANGE SPEED, DIRECTION |
NET FORCE | TOTAL FORCE ACTING ON AN OBJECT. |
ADD | WHEN FORCES ARE PUSHING IN SAME DIRECTION, YOU _____ THE FORCES |
SUBTRACT | WHEN FORCES ARE PUSHING OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER, YOU _____ THE FORCES |
BALANCED FORCE | WHEN FORCES PUSHING OR PULLING ARE EQUAL |
UNBALANCED FORCE | WHEN FORCES PUSHING OR PULLING OF NOT EQUAL |
MOVEMENT | ______ OCCURS WHEN FORCES ARE UNBALANCED |
FRICTION | FORCE CAUSED BY TWO OBJECTS RUBBING TOGETHER |
GRAVITY | FORCE THAT PULLS OBJECTS TOWARDS EACH OTHER, MOSTLY HUGE THINGS LIKE PLANETS |
INERTIA | TENDENCY OF OBJECTS AT REST TO STAY AT REST, OBJECTS MOVING TO STAY MOVING, UNTIL ACTED ON BY OUTSIDE FORCE. |
FIRST LAW | NEWTON LAW THAT IS CALLED THE INERTIA LAW. |
SECOND LAW | NEWTON LAW THAT STATES FORCE EQUALS MASS TIMES ACCELERATION |
THIRD LAW | LAW THAT STATES FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION |
NEWTON | A UNIT USED TO MEASURE FORCE |
ISAAC NEWTON | SCIENTIST THAT STUDY FORCE AND MOTION 1000'S OF YEARS AGO. |
GRAPH | A CHART IN MATH OR SCIENCE USED TO PRESENT INFORMATION |