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forces and motion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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's 2nd Law | the acceleration of an object will equals the net Force on the object divided by the objects mass |
| Friction | a contact Force that resist 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 force |
| Force | when you push or pull on an object |
| Net-Force | the combination of all the forces acting on an object |
| Newton's 1st Law | an object in motion will stay in motion and an objects at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force |
| Motion | the process of changing position |
| Displacement | the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position |
| Speed | a measure of distance an object travels in a given amount of time |
| Velocity | the speed and the direction of a moving object |
| Vector | a quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
| Reference Point | the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object |
| Position | an objects distance and direction from a reference point |
| Inertia | |
| Newton's 3rd Law | for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |
| Force Pair | the forces 2 objects apply to each other |
| Normal Force | a push or pull on a object |
| Elastic Collision | when colliding objects bounce off each other |
| Inelastic Collision | if objects collide and stick together such as when 1 football player tackels another |
| Non-contact Force | a force that one object applies to another object without touching it |
| Gravity | an attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass |
| Field | a region of space that has a physical quanity (such as a force) at every point |
| Weight | the gravitational force exerted on an object |