My Bike Flashcards
Acceleration
The rate of change of velocity of an object
Attract
A physical force causing or tending to cause objects to approach, or unite
Balanced forces
When two forces have an equal size, but act in opposite directions
Deceleration
If a ball were to roll along the ground and slow down to a stop it would be decelerating
Distance
A numerical description of how far apart two objects are
Energy
A property of objects
Electrostatic force
Electrostatic force is the phenomenon that results from slow-moving or stationary electrical charges
Force
Force is any interaction which tends to change the motion of an object
Force diagram
A diagram showing all the forces acting on an object
Force field
A vector field indicating the forces exerted by one object on another
Friction force
The force resisting solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other
Gradient
The degree of inclination or the rate of ascent or descent
Gravity
A natural phenomenon by which all physical bodies attract each other. Gravity gives weight to physical objects and causes them to fall toward one another
Lubricant
A lubricant is a substance introduced to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move
Magnetism
Is a class of physical phenomena that are mediated by magnetic fields. All materials are influenced to some extent by a magnetic field
Mass
A property of a physical body which determines the strength of its mutual gravitational attraction to other bodies, its resistance to being accelerated by a force
Newton
Is the International System of Units (SI), a unit of force
North Pole
The North Pole is defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth’s axis of rotation meets its surface
Reaction time
The time taken to react to something. It indicates how fast the thinker can execute the mental operations needed by the current task
Repel
To move something away from something else
S.I. units
The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is the world’s most widely used system of measurement
South Pole
The South Pole is one of the two points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects its surface
Speed
The distance covered per unit of time
Ticker Timer
Uses a vibrating object to create marks on paper used to calculate velocity and speed