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Physics Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| any push or pull | force |
| any change in velocity | acceleration |
| the change in position of an object divided by the time | speed |
| the speed and direction of an object | velocity |
| the pull on a moving object toward the center of a circle | centripetal force |
| the resistance to motion due to contact between two objects or surfaces | friction |
| the resistance to change in an object's state of motion | inertia |
| a measure of how much an object's position has changed | displacement |
| applying force over a distance | work |
| the amount of work done in a given amount of time | power |
| a combination of the mass and velocity of an object that measures the difficulty in stopping an object in motion | momentum |
| a quantity with size but not direction | scalar |
| a quantity with magnitude and direction | vector |