2-4 Newton's Third Law Flashcards

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Newtons Third Law of Motion

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when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction on the first object

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force pair

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the forces two objects apply to each other

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momentum

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a measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object

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the law of conservation of momentum

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the total momentum of a group of objects stays the same unless outside forces act on the object

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