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term | definitions |
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position | describe the location of any object |
reference point | is a location at which you compare other locations. |
motion | a change in position over time |
speed | the measure of how fast or slow an object is movingin a givin amount of time |
vector | is a quantity that has both size and direction |
velocity | the speed in a specific direction |
acceleration | the rate at which velocity changes |
centripetal acceleration | acceleration in circular rotation |
force | simpley a push or pull |
net force | combining of all forces |
ineria | is the tendency of all object to resist the change |
gravity | a force of action |
free fall | when gravity is pulling it down and no othr force is acting upon it |
orbit | when it travels around pother objects in space |