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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Displacement | The difference between the initial or starting position and final position. |
| Speed | Is a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time. |
| Vector | Is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction. |
| Velocity | Is the speed and direction of a moving object. |
| Reference Point | Is starting point you choose to describe the location or position of an object |
| Position | An object's distance and direction from reference point |
| Motion | Process of changing |
| Acceleration | Is a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time. |
| Force | Is a push or a pull of an object |
| Contact force | A push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's second law | States that the acceleration of an object equals the net force on the object divided by the object's mass. |
| Friction | A force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching.. |
| Free-body diagram | A simple model to understand systems of objects with any amount of applied forces. |
| Net force | The sum of all the forces acting on an object. |
| Newton's first law | States that an object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force. |