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Physics Final Review (Semester 1) Flashcards

1
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Scalar

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Magnitude and no direction

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Vector

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Magnitude and direction

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Precision

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The frequency of something producing the same thing in close proximity

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Accuracy

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How close it is to actual value

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5
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Particle model

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Where the object moves in a single point(simplified motion diagram)

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Magnitude

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Size

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Displacement

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A change in position having both magnitude and direction

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Vectors

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The sum of two or more vectors being added

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9
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Acceleration

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The change in velocity over time

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10
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Free fall

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Motion of an object when gravity is the only significant force

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11
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Acceleration due to gravity

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Acceleration of an object only due to the force of gravity

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12
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Force

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A push or a pull

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13
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Inertia

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The tendency to resist change

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14
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Newton’s First Law

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An object will remain at rest (or moving constantly) unless acted on by an external force

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Newton’s Second Law

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New force is equal to mass times acceleration F=ma

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16
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Newton’s Third Law

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For every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction

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17
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Uniform motion

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Type of motion in which an object travels in a straight line with a uniform speed

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18
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Contact force

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A force as a result of two objects in contact

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19
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Field Force

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A force exerted on a n object that has no contact

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20
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Drag force

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A force acting in opposite to the relative motion of an object moving

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21
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Terminal Velocity

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Maximum velocity attainable by an object as it falls

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22
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Normal force

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The force the surface exerts; so objects don’t pass through each other

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23
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Kepler’s First Law

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Each planet’s orbit about the sun is an ellipse

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Kepler’s Second Law

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An imaginary line between the sun and planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time

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25
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Kepler’s Third Law

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Square periods are proportional to the cubes of their radius (can find distance/period)

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26
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Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

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Suggests that objects attracts other objects without force that’s proportional to product of masses and inversely proportional to the square radius.

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27
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Scientific Theory

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An explanation of things/events based on on knowledge gained through observations and investigations

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28
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Scientific Law

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A description of a rule of nature

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29
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Which prefix denotes the smallest amount

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Nano/pico

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30
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A hypothesis can best be defined as a

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prediciton

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31
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Velocity

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Distance over time, how fast it’s moving and in which direction it’s moving

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32
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The rate at which an object’s velocity changes

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Acceleration

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33
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Velocity equation

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d/t

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34
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A force exerted without contact

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Field force

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35
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Every action has an equal but opposite reaction

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Newton’s Third Law

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36
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Two forces that are in opposite directions but have equal magnitudes a

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Interaction pair

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37
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In metric system, what is the base unity for length

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Meters

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38
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A device with a very small divisions on its scale can measure with high

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precision

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39
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What is the base unit for mass

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kilograms

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40
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Which prefix denotes the largest amount

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Milli

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41
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What should a scientist do if his conclusion does not match his original hypothesis

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Revise the original hypothesis

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42
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A series of points that depict an object in motion

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Particle model

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43
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Acceleration due to gravity on earth

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9.8m/s

44
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Acceeration due to grvaity on the moon

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1.6m/s

45
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The net force on an object is equal to zero when the object in is

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equilibrium

46
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Resultant

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Force, velocity, or other vector quantity which is the combined effect of two or more vectors

47
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Weight

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The effect of gravity in a mass

48
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What is the strongest geometric shape

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Triangle

49
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The shape of Mars’ orbit around the sun is most accurately describes as a

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ellipse

50
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Which is more precise: Beaker or Graduated Cylinder

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Graduated cylinder

51
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When graphing data, the dependent variable goes on the

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y-axis

52
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When graphing data, the independent variable goes on the

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x-axis

53
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Which city in the US has the most number of bridges

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Pittsburgh

54
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Four fundamental forces of nature

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Gravity, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear

55
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Accuracy

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How close to accepted value

56
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precision

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frequency which a measurement produces the same result

57
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Scalar

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Magnitude and no direction

58
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Vector

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Magnitude and direction

59
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Magnitude

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Size

60
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Temperature

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Kelvin

61
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length

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meter

62
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mass

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kilograms

63
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time

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seconds

64
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force

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N

65
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Velocity

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m/s

66
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acceleration

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m/s^2

67
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Energy

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Delta (Triangle)

68
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Newton’s First Law

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With an unbalanced force; an object at rest, stays at rest and an object in motion, stays in motion.

69
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Newton’s Second Law

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F=ma

70
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Newton’s Third Law

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Forces come in pair

71
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Inertia

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Tendency to resist change

72
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Mass

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Amount of matter in an object

73
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Force

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A push or a pull

74
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Normal force

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Perpendicular contact force exerted by a surface on another object

75
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Speed

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Change in distance per unit of time

76
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Acceleration

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Change in velocity per unit of time

77
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Free-body Diagram

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Shows forces acting on an object

78
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Center of mass

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Point where all mass is concentrated

79
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Weight

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The vertical downward force exerted on a mass by gravity

80
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Reaction Time

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Response to a situation

81
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Projectile

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Travels through the air or another medium

82
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Kepler’s First Law

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Planets move in an ellipse around the sun

83
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Kepler’s Second Law

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Imaginary line between the planets and the sun that sweeps equal areas in equal time

84
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Kepler’s Third Law

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Defines the relationship between the motion and period of planets (square period proportional to the subes of their radius’)

85
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Copernicus

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Proposed heliocentric point of view instead of geocentric

86
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Brahe

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Believed all planes except Earth orbit the sun

87
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Force and acceleration have a ____ impact

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direct

88
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The greater the force, the greater the ___

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Acceleration

89
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Acceleration and mass have an ____ relationship

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inverse

90
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The average speed is ____ the average velocity

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The absolute value of

91
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A series of images showing the position of a moving object over equal time intervals

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Motion diagram

92
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A graph with time data on the x-axis and position on the y-axis

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Position-time graph

93
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Instantaneous Acceleration

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Change in an object’s velocity at an instant of time

94
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Inertial Mass

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Describes the amount of resistance an object has to any application of force

95
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The effect of gravity on space

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Curvature

96
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Effect of gravity on light

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Deflection

97
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Who developed BIg G, why is it valuable

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Henry Cavendish; Found the universal gravitational constant of Earth

98
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Difference between g and G

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Little g is acceleration due to gravity and Big G is the universal gravitational constant

99
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If the net force is equal to zero then the object is said to be in

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equilibrium

100
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Two forces that are in opposite directions but have equal magnitudes

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Drag force

101
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The attractive force that exist between all objects with mass is the

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Gravitational force

102
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The London Bridge crosses what river

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Thames

103
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The most famous bridge collapse in the United States is known as

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Galloping Gertie

104
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Tycho Brahe

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Thought every planet besides the Earth orbits the sun and he used instruments he built himself he built himself to record stars.

105
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Copernicus

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Proposed the sun is the center of the solar system

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