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terminal velocity
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highest velocity that will be reached by a falling object.
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projectile
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anything that is thrown or show through the air.
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air resistance
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the force air exerts on a moving object.
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newton's second law of motion
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a net force acting on an object causes the object to accelerate in the direction of the force.
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centripetal acceleration
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acceleration toward the center of a curved or circular path.
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momentum
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property a moving object has because of its mass and velocity.
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centripetal force
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a force acting toward the center of a curved or circular path.
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newton's third law of motion
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describes action-reaction pairs in this way: when on object exerts a foce on a second object, the second one exerts a force on the first that is equal in the size and opposite in direction.
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artificial satellite
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human-made devices that orbit Earth for a specific purpose.
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law of conservation of momentum
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states that the total amount of momentum of a group of objects does not change unless outside forces act on the objects.
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