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force and motion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reference point | The starting point you choose to describe the location, or position of an object |
| Position | an object's distance and direction from the reference point |
| motion | the process of changing position |
| Displacement | The difference between the initial point to the final position |
| Speed | a measure of the distance an object travels in a given time |
| Velocity | the speed and direction of an object in motion |
| Vector | A quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| Inertia | an object's ability to resist any change in motion |
| Force Pair | the forces two objects apply to each other |
| Normal Force | the force that pushes perpendicular to the object's surface |
| elastic collision | When colliding objects bounce off each other |
| inelastic collision | A collision in which there is a lost of kinetic energy |
| Non Contact Force | A force that an object applies to another object without touching it |
| Gravity | An attractive force that exist between all objects with mass |
| Field | a region of space that has physical quantity |
| Weight | The gravitational force exerted on an object |
| Acceleration | A measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
| Contact Force | A push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it |
| Newton 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 abject do to a force |
| Force | A push or a pull on an object |
| Net force | the combination of all forces acting on an object |
| Newton's 1st 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 |
| Newton's 3rd Law | for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |