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FORCES & MOTIONS
Term | Definition |
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Force | push or pull applied to an object. |
Motion | The action or process of moving or of changing place or position;movement. |
Gravity | The force that attracts an object toward the center of the earth,or toward any other physical body having mass. |
Mass | the measurement of the amount of matter something contains. |
Weight | the measurement of the pull of gravity on a object |
Pull | force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement toward oneself. |
Push | exert force on (someone or something), typically with one's hand, in order to move them away from oneself or the origin of the force. |
friction | the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. |
inertia | |
Speed | |
position | |
Axis | |
Unbalanced force | |
Acceleration | |
Direction | |
Velocity | |
Air resistance | |
Momentum | |
Resist | |
Deceleration | |
Newton's first law | |
Newton's second law | |
Newton's third law |