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Vocabulary for Physics

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Force   any push or pull on an object  
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Free body diagrams   diagrams used to show the magnitude and direction of all forces acting on an object  
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Normal force   the force that acts on a surface in a direction perpendicualr to the surface  
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Weight   the gravitational force exerted on an object  
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Newton's First Law of Motion   An object at rest or in motion will remain in that state unless an unbalanced force acts on the object  
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Newton's Second Law of Motion   the net force on an object is equal to the mass times the acceleration  
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Newton's Third Law of Motion   For every action, their is an equal and opposite reaction  
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Net force   the sum of all the forces acting on an object  
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Equilibrium   the condition in which the net force on an object is zero  
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Newton's Law of Gravitation   states that every particle in the universe attracts every other with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of distance between them  
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