Gravity and Motion Flashcards
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What is gravity?
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Force that attracts all objects towards each other
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What is force?
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strength or energy
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What is the law of universal gravitation?
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Newton’s law that state that every object in the universe attracts every other object
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What is mass?
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Mass is the amount of matter in an object
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What is weight?
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The strength of gravity depends in part on the masses of each of the objects
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What is inertia?
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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
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What is Newton’s first law of motion?
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It says that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay up n motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by a force
