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Vocabulary Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 a pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's Second Law of Motion | States that the acceleration of an object equals the net force on the object divided by the object's mass |
| 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 with any amount of applied forces |
| Net Force | The sum of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton's First Law of Motion | It states that an object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force |