Physics Flashcards

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A set of rules, or ideas that are important in a science or art

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Methodology (n)

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Something that alternates between opposites, back and forth

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Pendulum (n)

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A number that is the measurement of property or characteristic

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Coefficient (n)

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Something that is preserved or protected from change

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Conservation (n)

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Very small or unimportant

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Negligible (adj)

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Located on the inside

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Internal (adj)

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Happening or coming after something else

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Subsequent (adj)

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Flat, having no depth (like a shadow)

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One-dimensional (adj)

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A quantity that has size and direction, represented by a line segment

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Vector (n)

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The process of slowly disappearing

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Dissipation (n)

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When an object is at rest or balanced

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Equilibrium (n)

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The length, width, height, or depth of something

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Dimension (n)

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When something is stopped, not moving.

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Inertia (n)

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The volume or weight of a fluid pushed out by something else

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Displacement (n)

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Quickness of motion, speed

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Velocity (n)

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Relating to the motion of objects

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Kinetic (adj)

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Showing little or no change, action, or progress

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Static (adj)

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The force that is measured in perpendicular to the surface of an object

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Normal Force (n)

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To move faster, to gain speed

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Accelerate (v)

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The force that causes a moving object to slow down when it is touching another object

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Friction (n)

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The force that attracts certain metal objects

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Magnetism (n)

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The degree to which something is stretched

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Tension (n)

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A push that follows in the opposite direction of accelerated mass

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Thrust (n)

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Having only magnitude, not direction.

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Scalar (adj)

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Having an amount that is directly related or appropriate to someting
Proportional (adj)
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To move slower, to lose speed
Decelerate (v)
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Negligible
Small amount that has no difference
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Assortment
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Dissipation
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Inertia
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Pendulum
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Methodology
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Acceleration
the act or process of moving faster or happening more quickly : the act or process of accelerating
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Mass
a quantity of matter usually of considerable size.
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Fluid
Something that can flow and change it's shape.
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Centripetal Force
A force actings inwards during circular motion
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Force
Physical strength, power and effect
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Momentum
Amount of motion that the object has
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Tangential
(adj.) something that is relating, or along a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
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Apogee
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Variable
(noun.) a variable is a symbol that indicates another value.
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Elastic
(adj.) having the ability to resume back to its normal.
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Perigee
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buoyancy
the ability of an object to float in water or air
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Engineering
the application and capable of desgining something and make something
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Machine
The mechanical devises that we advantage works from
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Netforce
Netforce is the overall force acting on an object.
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Elliptical
a oval shape
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weight
It's an amount of force that pull things down proportional to mass
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Gravity
A force thats pulling you towards the center of the earth
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Density
how much molecules are stuffed inside
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Work done
It's an amount of work that is done by an object due to the displacement and force applied on an object.
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density
the amount of something in a particular space or area
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Inertia
Inertia is the tnedency of objects to keep moving in a straight line.
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Pressure
force that oppresses something
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Mechanics
A science that deals witht kinetic and static forces and their effect on objects
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Torque
Torque is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum, or pivot.
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surface tension
the force that causes the molecules on the surface of a liquid to be pushed together and form a layer
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Centripetal
moving or tending to move toward a center.
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Circular motion
Movement of the object rotating around by combining centripetal and centrifugal forces