Motion And Forces Flashcards

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A location to which another location is compared

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Reference point

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An object’s location

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Position

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A change of position over time

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Motion

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A measure of how fast something moves though a particular distance over a definite time period. Speed is distance divided by time

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Speed

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A speed in a specific directions

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Velocity

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A speed that has both size and direction

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Vector

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The rate at which velocity changes over time

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Acceleration

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A push or a pull; something that changes the motion of an object.

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Force

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The overall force acting on an object when all of the forces acting on it are combined

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Net Force

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A scientific law stating that objects at rest remain at rest,and objects in motion remain in motion with the same velocity, unless acted on by an unbalanced force

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Newton’s first law

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The resistance of an object to change in the speed or the direction of its motion

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Inertia

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A scientific law that the acceleration of an object increase with increased force and decrease with increased mass.

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Newton’s second law

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Any force that keeps an object moving in a circle

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Centripetal force

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A scientific law starting the every time one object exerts a force on another object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in direction back on the first object

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Newton’s third law

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A push or a pull; something that changes the motion of an object.

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Force

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The overall force acting on an object when all of the forces acting on it are combined

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Net Force

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A scientific law stating that objects at rest remain at rest,and objects in motion remain in motion with the same velocity, unless acted on by an unbalanced force

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Newton’s first law

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The resistance of an object to change in the speed or the direction of its motion

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Inertia