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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | Is a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time. |
| Force | Is a push or a pull on a object. |
| Contact Force | Is a push or a pull one object by another object that is touching it. |
| Newton's 2nd Law | states that the acceleration of an object equals the net force on the object divided by the object's mass. |
| Friction | Is a force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching. |
| Free-Body Diagram | Is a simple model to understand systems of objects with any amount of applied forces. |
| Net Force | Is the sum of all the forces acting on an object. |
| Newton's First Law | States that an object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest unless acted on by a force. |
| Inertia | To resist any change in motion |