Forces Flashcards
A push or a pull one body exerts on another.
Forces
An object moving keeps moving at that velocity, an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force.
Newton’s First Law
The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion.
Inertia
Combination of all forces that act on an object.
Net Force
Every object exerts a force on every other object felt as a pull.
Gravity
The amount of matter or “stuff” an object has measured in kilograms.
Mass
Measure of force of gravity on an object’s mass; how hard object is pulled toward center of earth.
Weight
To every action there is an equal (in size) and opposite (in direction) reaction force.
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
Mass on the move the force required to stop a moving object.
Momentum
Anything that’s thrown or shot through air.
Projectile
Force acting toward the center of a curved or circular path.
Centripetal Force
Opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching each other.
Friction
Resists getting an object moving (this is when objects are not moving).
Static Friction
Resists keeping an object moving (happens while it is moving).
Kinetic Friction
Force = mass * acceleration.
Newton’s Second Law