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Physics Terms
Question | Answer |
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any push or pull | force |
any change in velocity | acceleration |
the change in position of an object divided by the time | speed |
the speed and direction of an object | velocity |
the pull on a moving object toward the center of a circle | centripetal force |
the resistance to motion due to contact between two objects or surfaces | friction |
the resistance to change in an object's state of motion | inertia |
a measure of how much an object's position has changed | displacement |
applying force over a distance | work |
the amount of work done in a given amount of time | power |
a combination of the mass and velocity of an object that measures the difficulty in stopping an object in motion | momentum |
a quantity with size but not direction | scalar |
a quantity with magnitude and direction | vector |