chapter 2
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| push or pull on an object | ||
| unit of force | ||
| gravitational pull on a body | ||
| location of a body | ||
| quantity having both magnitude and direction | ||
| described only by its magnitude includes number and unit | ||
| force that opposes the motion between two surfaces that are in contact with each other | ||
| net effect of several forces | ||
| linear change in position of a moving object, vector form of distance | ||
| ratio between two different quantities | ||
| rate of change of the position of an object | ||
| actual speed at which an object is moving at any given instant | ||
| rate of change of velocity | ||
| result of an object colliding with air molecules below it as it falls | ||
| velocity of a falling object when the air resistance is equal to the gravitational attraction |