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Forces and Motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | is a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| Force | is a push or a pull on an object |
| Contact force | is a push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's second law | states that the acceleration of an object equals the net force on an 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 force |
| Net force | is the sum of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton's first law of motion | 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 |
| Inertia | An object's ability to resist any change in motion. |