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Stack #4619040
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reference Point | The starting point you choose for anything |
| Position | An object's distance and direction from starting point |
| Motion | Is the process of changing position |
| Vector | Quantity that has magnitude and direction |
| Velocity | Speed and direction an object goes |
| Speed | Distance an object moves in a certain time |
| Displacement | The difference between starting and ending point |
| Acceleration | A measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| Force | A push or a pull on an object |
| Contact force | A push or pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's 2nd law | The acceleration of an object equals the net force on the object divided by mass |
| Friction | Is 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 1st law | An object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force |
| Inertia | An object's ability to resist any change in motion. |