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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| speed | is a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time |
| velocity | is the speed and direction of a moving object |
| vector | is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| displacement | is the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position |
| newton's 3rd law of motion | when an object applies a force on another object, the second object applies 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 each other |
| normal force | the forces that pushes predicular to the objects surface |
| elastic collision | when colliding objects bounce off each other |
| Acceleration | a measure of the change in velocity during period of time |
| Contact Force | a push or pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's 2nd Law | law that states that the acceleration of an object is equal to the net force exerted on the object divided by the object's mass. |
| Friction | a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching |
| Free-Body Diagram | a simple model to understand what will happen to an object due to a force |
| Force | a push or a pull on an object |
| Net Force | the combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton's 1st Law | an object at rest will stay at rest , and an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force acts on the object |
| Motion | the process of changing position |
| Reference Point | the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object |
| Position | an object's distance and direction from a reference point |
| 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 physical quantity (such as a force) at every point |
| Weight | the gravitational force exerted on an object |
| Inertia | |
| inelastic collision |