Force Flashcards
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Net force
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Sum of all of forces that are acting on an object
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Force
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A push or pull exerted on an object
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Friction
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Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces
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Gravity
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Attractive force between two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them
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Field
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A region of space in which every point has a physical quantity such as a force
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Weight
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Gravitational force exerted on an object
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Newton’s first law of motion
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States that an object moving at a constant velocity keeps moving at that velocity unless an unbalanced force acts on it
