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Forces
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Forces | a push or pull |
| Newton | The SI unit for magnitude or strength |
| Net Force | the combination of all forces acting on an object |
| Unbalanced Forces | forces that cause an object’s velocity to change |
| Balanced forces | equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions |
| Friction | the force that one surface exerts on another when the two surfaces rub each other |
| Static Friction | friction that acts on objects that are not moving |
| Sliding Friction | friction that occurs when one solid surface slides over another |
| Rolling Friction | friction that occurs when an object rolls over a surface |
| Fluid Friction | friction that occurs as an object moves through fluid |
| Gravity | the force that pulls objects toward each other |
| Mass | a measure of how much matter is in an object |
| Weight | a measure of the force of gravity on an object |
| Free Fall | the motion of a falling object when the only force acting on it is gravity |
| Air Resistance | the fluid friction experienced by objects falling through the air |
| Projectile | an object that is thrown |
| Compression | the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together |
| Tension | stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle |
| Inertia | an object’s tendency to resist change in motion |
| Momentum | the quantity of motion |
| The Law of Conservation of Momentum | without outside forces, objects that interact will have the same momentum |
| Satellite | any object that orbits another object in space |
| Centripetal force | any force that causes an object to move in a circular motion |