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vocab - science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| position | an object's distance and direction from reference point |
| motion | the process of changing position |
| reference | the starting point you choose to desire, location, or position of an object |
| displacement | the difference between the initial, or starting position and the final position |
| speed | a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time |
| velocity | the speed and direction, something moving |
| vector | quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| acceleration | a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| force | a push or a pull of an object |
| contact force | a push or pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| newtons 2nd law | law that states that the acceleration of an object is equal to the net force exerted on the object's divided by the objects mass |
| friction | a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching |
| free- body diagram | simple model to understand what will happen to an object due to a force |
| net force | combination of all forces acting on an object |
| newtons 1st law | an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force acts on thee subject |
| inertia | an objects ability to resist any change in motion |
| newtons 3rd law | when an object applies a force on another object the second object applies a force of the same strength on the first object but the force is in the opposite direction |
| force pairs | the forces two objects apply to eachother |
| Normal force | the force that pushes perpendicular to the objects surface. |
| elastic collision | when colliding objects bounce off each other |
| inelastic collisions | a collision where total kinetic energy is not conserved, but momentum is |
| non contact force | a force that one object applies to another object without touching it |
| gravity | an attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass |
| field | a region of space that has a physical quantity ( such as a force) at every point. |
| weight | the gravitational force exerted on an object. |