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vocab
voocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 2nd Law | 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 | States that an object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by force. |