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PSA Challenge Vocabulary

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Definition
Force   Mass divided by velocity, a push or a pull.  
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Mass   How much matter is in something.  
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Acceleration   The change in velocity.  
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Drag   An increade of friction.  
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Speed   The rate at which an object moves.  
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Terminal Speed   The maximum speed an object reaches.  
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Terminal Velocity   The maximum velocity an object reaches.  
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Inertia   An object's tendency to resist change in motion.  
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Deceleration   The decreasing od acceleration.  
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Friction   The tendency of objects to slow down when rubbed against each other.  
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Invisible Forces   Forces you can't see.  
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Air Resistance   A tendency of air to grab things and slow them down.  
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Motion   Movement of an object from one place to another.  
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Velocity   Speed and direction.  
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Linear Motion   Movement on a line.  
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Newton's 1st Law   An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at reast until acetd upon by an outside force.  
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Newton's 2nd Law   A net force acting on an object causes the object to accelerate in the direction of the force.  
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Newton's 3rd Law   When one object exerts a force on a second object, the second one exerts a force on the first that is equil in size and opposite in direction.  
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Coasting   Moving without any force being applied at that time, but with force from a past time.  
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Speed Change   A change in speed while something is in motion.  
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Unbalanced Forces   The subtraction of forces where there is a remaining force and both forces are not cancled out.  
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Torque   A turning or twisting force.  
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ISS   The International Space Station that is being built by 21 countries.  
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Reverse Thrust   A force in the opposite direction of your first force.  
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Lever Arm   The Canadian arm on the ISS used to pick up stuff and is attached to a lever.  
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Robota   The first robot ever built.  
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Unimate   The first robot to work in industry.  
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Deep Space One   The first deep-space probe to rely on ion engines for primary propulsion.  
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ISS   The internaional space staion that is beingbulit by 21countries  
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force   mass divded by velocity, a push or a pull  
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