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Physics - Chapter 4

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What is the term for the combination of all the forces that act on an object?   net force  
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In general, ____ is a state of balance   equilibrium  
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____ is either a push or a pull.   force  
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What is the name of the force that acts to resist the relative motion of objects or materials that are in contact   friction  
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___________ is the reluctance of any body to change its state of motion.   inertia  
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You get a newton of force when you multiply this unit by m/s2.   kilogram  
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Another name for Newton's first law of motion   law of inertia  
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a measure of an object's inertia   mass  
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SI unit of force   newton  
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This law states that every body continues in its state of rest or of motion in a straight line at a constant speed unliess acted on by a net force   Newton's First Law of Motion  
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For an object at rest on a horizontal surface, the upward force that balances the weight of the object.   normal force  
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Another name for the normal force   support force  
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the measure of the pull of gravity on an object   weight  
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ancient scientist that said all motion was natural or violent   Aristotle  
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Scientist who was the first to say the earth moved around the sun   Copernicus  
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Scientist who noticed that if you roll a ball down a ramp, it will rise up another ramp to the same height as it began its journey   Galileo  
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Scientist that had 3 laws of motion   Newton  
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mass times acceleration equals this   force  
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its value is 9.81 m/s2   acceleration due to gravity  
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