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Environmental Science Chapter 3 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

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momentum   a property an object has because of its mass and velocity  
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Newton's 1st Law   law saying an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force  
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m/s/s   unit of acceleration  
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net force   a force that always changes the velocity of an object  
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balanced forces   type of forces that are equal in size, but opposite in direction  
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force   a push or pull on an object  
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Newton   unit of force  
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mass   the amount of matter in something  
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inertia   the tendency of an object to resist motion  
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time interval   the amount of time that has passed  
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acceleration   the rate of change of velocity  
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velocity   the speed and direction of an object  
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positive acceleration   term for an object speeding up  
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negative acceleration   term for object an object slowing down  
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reference point   shows that an object is moving  
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friction   the force that opposes motion  
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Newton's 3rd Law   the law stating that for every force there is an equal and opposite force  
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motion   change in positon  
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instantaneous speed   the rate of motion at any given instant  
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Newton's 2nd Law   law stating that motion times acceleration equals force F=ma  
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constant speed   a speed that does not vary (change)  
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