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10 Cards in this Set
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Galileo Galilei
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An astronomer and many more who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.
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Isaac Newton
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A physicist and mathematician who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution
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Inertia
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An object's resistance to any change in motion
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Newton's 1st Law |
An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion with the same velocity, unless acted on by an outside force. |
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Newton's 2nd Law |
If you push an object with a large force, the object will accelerate faster, and vice versa. |
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Newton's 3rd Law |
For every action force, there is a reaction force that is equal in size and opposite in direction |
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Net Force(Fnet) |
Sum of all the forces acting on an object |
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Momentum |
A measure of mass in motion |
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Centripetal Force |
A force that makes a body follow a curved path |
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Orbit |
The curved path caused by centripetal forces |
