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16310187634accelerationincrease in the rate or speed of something.0
16310187635acceleration due to gravityIf gravity is the only force acting on an object, then we find the object will accelerate at a rate of 9.8m/s2 down toward the center of the Earth (this is often rounded to 10m/s2).1
16310187636air resistanceair resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid2
16310187637distancean amount of space between two things or people.3
16310187638forcestrength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movemen4
16310187639gravitythe force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.5
16310187640gravitation potential energyGravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field.6
16310187641inverse-square relationshipinverse square of the distance between the object and the source of the force. The magnitude of light, sound, and gravity obey this law, as do other quantities.7
16310187642kinetic energyenergy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.8
16310187643massa coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.9
16310187644Newton's Law of UniversalNewton's law of universal gravitation states that a particle attracts every other particle in the universe using a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Newton's law of universal gravitati10
16310187645Gravitationmovement, or a tendency to move, toward a center of attractive force, as in the falling of bodies to the earth.11
16310187646normal forcenormal force F n {\displaystyle F_{n}\ } is the component, perpendicular to the surface (surface being a plane)12
16310187647Orbitthe curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.13
16310187648potential energythe energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.14
16310187649weigthA measure of the force of gravity on an object15

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