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FORCES & MOTIONS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Force | push or pull applied to an object. |
| Motion | The action or process of moving or of changing place or position;movement. |
| Gravity | The force that attracts an object toward the center of the earth,or toward any other physical body having mass. |
| Mass | the measurement of the amount of matter something contains. |
| Weight | the measurement of the pull of gravity on a object |
| Pull | force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement toward oneself. |
| Push | exert force on (someone or something), typically with one's hand, in order to move them away from oneself or the origin of the force. |
| friction | the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. |
| inertia | |
| Speed | |
| position | |
| Axis | |
| Unbalanced force | |
| Acceleration | |
| Direction | |
| Velocity | |
| Air resistance | |
| Momentum | |
| Resist | |
| Deceleration | |
| Newton's first law | |
| Newton's second law | |
| Newton's third law |