Chapter 11 Vocab. Flashcards
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The motion of a body when only the force of gravity is acting on the body
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Free fall
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The tendency of an object to resist being moved or if the object is moving to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object.
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Inertia
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The constant velocity of a falling object when the force of air resistance is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity
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Terminal velocity
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The curved path that an object follows when thrown, launched, or other wise projected near the surface if earth; the motion of objects that are moving in two dimensions under the influence of gravity
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Projectile motion
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A quantity defined as the product of the mass and velocity of an object
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Momentum
