11215064945 | net force | The combination of all forces acting on an object; the overall force exerted on an object | 0 | |
11215069430 | Applied Force | a force which is applied to an object by a person or another object | 1 | |
11215077356 | opposing forces | forces that act in opposite directions; they are subtracted | 2 | |
11215090006 | Friction | the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another; work to slow down or bring object motion to stop | 3 | |
11215100368 | Gravity | A force that pulls objects toward each other | 4 | |
11215110840 | Weight | A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object. | 5 | |
11215119456 | balanced forces | Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions that form a net force of zero Newtons; object motion is not changed | 6 | |
11215127014 | unbalanced forces | forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force that is not zero; object motion will change in direction of greater force | 7 | |
11215141676 | Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion | 8 | |
11215146780 | Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia) | An object in motion (or at rest) will tend to stay in motion (or at rest) until it is acted upon by an outside force. | 9 | |
11215154257 | Newton's Second Law of Motion (Law of Acceleration) | The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied; a=F/m | 10 | |
11215176228 | Newton's Third Law of Motion (Law of Force Pairs) | If one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts a force of equal strength in the opposite direction on the first object. | 11 | |
11215184708 | Acceleration | the rate at which velocity changes over time; an object accelerates if its speed, direction, or both change | 12 | |
11215189548 | Speed | The distance an object travels per unit of time | 13 | |
11215197680 | Velocity | the speed of an object in a particular direction | 14 | |
11215205170 | Motion | An object's change in position relative to a reference point. | 15 | |
11215211277 | potential energy | stored energy that results from the position and/or mass of an object | 16 | |
11215223900 | kinetic energy | the energy an object has due to its motion | 17 | |
14441425970 | force | A push or pull exerted on an object | 18 | |
14441431491 | speed formula | speed = distance/time | 19 | |
14441432764 | distance-time graph (speed graph) | A visual representation of how an object's position and speed are changing over time; ARCCS (Away/Returning, Constant/Changing speed, Stopped) | 20 | |
14441438093 | Speed-time graph (acceleration graph) | A visual representation of how an object's speed is changing over time | 21 | |
14441450370 | F = ma Force = mass x acceleration | formula Newton derived to express the relationship between an object's mass, the force applied to it and its acceleration | 22 | |
14441453498 | constant velocity | Constant speed and constant direction; forces are balanced | 23 | |
14441455832 | changing velocity | either speed, direction, or both are changing; acceleration and forces are unbalanced | 24 |
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