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Motion/forces Vocab Flashcards

0
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Distance between an objects starting and final position

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Displacement

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Move faster

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Acceleration

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Changing position

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Motion

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3
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Total length traveled

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Distance

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Starting point used to describe the motion

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Reference point

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5
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An objects orbit around another object

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Satellite

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Distance an object moves divided by the time it takes

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Speed

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Speed and direction of an object

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Velocity

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Forces that act on an object with a net force of 0

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Balanced forces

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Join together

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Combine

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10
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Push or pull on an object with another object touching it

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Contact force

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Push or pull on an object to move another

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Force

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Contact force that makes an object slide between two objects that are touching

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Friction

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13
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Non contact attractive force with objects that have matter

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Gravity

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Push or pull on an object without touching it

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Non contact force

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Forces that act, resulting in a net force that’s not 0 N

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Unbalanced forces

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Velocity change

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Accelerate

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17
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Two forces that result from two exerting forces

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Force pair

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Tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

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If net force is zero object will not move

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Newton’s first law of motion

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Acceleration of an object equal to the net force exerted divided by the objects mass

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Newton’s second law of motion

21
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When one object exerts a force on another, the object exerts the same amount of force in the opposite direction, into the first object

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Newton’s third law of motion

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Displacement

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Distance between an objects starting and final position

23
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Distance

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Total length traveled

24
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Acceleration

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Move faster

25
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Motion

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Changing position

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Reference point

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Starting point used to describe the motion

27
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Satellite

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An objects orbit around another object

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Speed

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Distance an object moves divided by the time it takes

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Velocity

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Speed and direction of an object

30
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Balanced forces

A

Forces that act on an object with a net force of 0

31
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Combine

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Join together

32
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Contact force

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Push or pull on an object with another object touching it

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Force

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Push or pull on an object to move another

34
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Friction

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Contact force that makes an object slide between two objects that are touching

35
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Gravity

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Non contact attractive force with objects that have matter

36
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Non contact force

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Push or pull on an object without touching it

37
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Unbalanced forces

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Forces that act, resulting in a net force that’s not 0 N

38
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Accelerate

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Velocity change

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Force pair

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Two forces that result from two exerting forces

40
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Inertia

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Tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

41
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Newton’s first law of motion

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If net force is zero object will not move

42
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Newton’s second law of motion

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Acceleration of an object equal to the net force exerted divided by the objects mass

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Newton’s third law of motion

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When one object exerts a force on another, the object exerts the same amount of force in the opposite direction, into the first object

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