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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Displacement | Is the difference between the initial or starting positions and final position |
| Speed | Is a measure of the distance an object travels |
| Velocity | The speed and direction of a moving object |
| Vector | Is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| Reference point | The starting point you choose to describe the location or position of a object |
| Position | An objects distance and direction from a reference point |
| Motion | The Process of changing position |
| Acceleration | Is a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| Force | Is a push or pull on an object |
| Contact Force | Is a push or a pull on a object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's 2nd Law | States that the acceleration of an object equals the net force |
| Friction | Is a force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching |
| Free-Body Diagram | Is a simple model to understand systems of objects with any amount of applied forces |
| Net Forces | Is the sum of all the forces acting on a object |
| Newton's First law | An object at rest will stay at rest, and in object in motion will stay in motion |