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Acceleration
a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| force | a push or pull on an object |
| contact force | a push or pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newtons 2nd Law | states that the acceleration of an object equals the net force on the object |
| 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 |
| Net force | the sum of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newtons 1st law | |
| motion | |
| displacement | |
| speed | |
| velocity | |
| vector | |
| reference point | |
| position | |
| inertia | |
| Newtons 3rd Law | |
| force pair |