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Forces and Motion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| Force | a push or a pull on a object |
| Contact Force | a push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton's 2nd Law | law that states that the acceleration of an object is equal to the net Force exerted on the object divided by the object's mass |
| Friction | a contact Force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching |
| Free-Body Diagram | a simple model to understand what will happen to an object due to a force |
| Net Force | the combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton's First Law | an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force acts on the object |