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Force & Motion Vocab
Term | Definition |
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force | A push or pull that acts on an object. |
motion | A change in the position of an object. |
inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion or rest. |
speed | The measure of how quickly something is moving based on time. |
friction | A force that holds back the motion of a siding object. |
distance | A measure of how much total ground an object has covered during its motion. |
displacement | How far an object is out of place or the object's overall change of position. |
momentum | A measure of the motion of an object, using mass and speed. |
velocity | The measure of how fast something moves in a particular direction. |