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Grade 5 F-1 Sci. Def
Chapter 1 Forces
Term | Definition |
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force | A push or pull that causes an object to move |
friction | A force that opposes |
magnetism | The force of repulsion (pushing) or attraction (pulling) between poles of magnets |
gravitation | The force that pulls all objects in the universe toward one another |
balanced forces | The forces acting on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction |
unbalanced forces | Forces that are not equal |
net force | The result of two or more forces acting together on an object |
work | The use of a force to move an object through a distance |
power | The amount of work done for each unit of time |
machine | Something that makes work seem easier by changing the size or the direction of a force |