Forces Flashcards

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1
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A push or pull

A

Force

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2
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Anything thats thrown or shot through air.

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Projectile

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3
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Force acting of a curved or curcular path.

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Centripetal Force

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4
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Oppose motion between two surfaces that are touching eac other

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Friction

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5
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Resists keeping an object moving (happens while it is moving).

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Kinetic Friction

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6
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Resists getting an object to move

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Static Friction

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7
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force=mass x acceleration

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Newtons Secong Law

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8
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Combination of all forces that act on an object

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Net Force

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9
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An object moving keeps moving at the velocity

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Newton’s First Law

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10
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The tendency of an object to resist any change in motion

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Intertia

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11
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Every object exerts a force on every other object

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Gravity

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12
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The amount of matter or “stuff” object has

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Mass

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13
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Measure of force gravity on an objects mass, how hard object is pulled toward center of earth

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Wieght

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14
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To every action there is an equal (in size) and opposite (in direction) reaction force

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Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

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15
Q
  • Momentum:Mass on the move!
  • The force required to stop a moving object.
  • What 2 things are important?
  • Mass Velocity
A

Big Mo! - Momentum that is

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