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Acceleration

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Change in velocity / time

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Attract

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Cause to come to a place or participate

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Balanced forces

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Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction are called balanced forces. Balanced forces do not cause a change in the motion of objects.

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Deceleration

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To reduce the speed of

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Distance

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The length of the space between two points.

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Energy

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The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity

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Electrostatic force

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The forces between particles that are caused by their electric charges

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Force

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Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement

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Force diagram

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A force diagram is simply a diagram showing all the forces acting on an object, the force’s direction and its magnitude

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Force field

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An invisible barrier of force

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Friction force

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The friction force is the force exerted by a surface as an object moves across it or makes an effort to move across it

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Gradient

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An increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property

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Gravity

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The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass

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Lubricant

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A substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism

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Magnetism

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A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects

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Mass

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A body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size

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Newton

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The standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram

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North pole

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Either of two variable points on the earth’s surface towards which a magnetic needle points, where the lines of force of the earth’s magnetic field are vertical

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Reaction time

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The interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the responsive reaction to it

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Repel

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Drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away

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S.I. units

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International system of Units, meter for length, kilogram for mass, second for time, ampere for electric current

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South pole

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For most purposes, the Geographic South Pole is defined as the southern point of the two points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects its surface

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Speed

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The rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate

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Ticket timer

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The ticker timer makes dots on a paper tape every fiftieth of a second

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Time

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The thing that is measured as seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, etc.

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Unbalanced force

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Unbalanced forces are forces that cause a change in the motion of an object

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Velocity

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The speed of something in a given direction