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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | A measure of the changes in velocity during a period of time. |
| Force | A push or a pull on an object |
| Contact Force | A push or a 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. |
| Net force | The combination of all the forces acting to an object |
| Newton's first 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. |