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Moving Objects 1
Moving Objects: Ch 3B Pt 1
Question | Answer |
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a push or a pull | force |
equal forces acting in opposite directions | balanced forces |
object an observer uses to detect motion | frame of reference |
direction & shortest distance traveled during a change in position | displacement |
metric unit used to measure force or weight | newton |
device that shows instantaneous speed | speedometer |
force of attraction that exists between any 2 objects | gravity |
an object traveling 15 mph north is its | velocity |
combination of all forces acting upon an object | net force |
measure of the pull of gravity on an object's mass | weight |
distance an object moves in a certain period of time | speed |
the amount of matter in an object | mass |
speeding up or slowing down | acceleration |
the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion | inertia |