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Force & Motion
Term | Definition |
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Accelerate | The rate at which an object changes its velocity, when an object speeds up |
Balanced Forces | If two individual forces are of equal magnitude and opposite direction |
Electric Field | The area around an electric charge |
Force | A push or pull |
Friction | The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another |
Gravity | The force that attracts a body towards the center of the earth |
Magnetic Attraction | When you bring 2 magnets near each other and one has a positive charge and the other has a negative charge |
Magnetic Repulsion | When you bring 2 magnets near each other and they both have the same charge |
Speed | How fast an object is moving or the rate at which an object covers distance |
Unbalanced Forces | Forces that cause a change in the motion of an object |