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12 Cards in this Set
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displacement- |
distance and direction starting point and stopping |
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speed- |
distance traveled divided by the time needed to travel the distance |
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velocity- |
displacement divided by time |
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acceleration |
change in velocity divided by the amount of time required for the change to occur |
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force |
push or pull |
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newtons first law |
object will remain at rest or move in a straight line at constant speed unless it is acted upon by a force |
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balanced forces |
forces are equal but in opposite directions, they will cancel each other out. |
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unbalanced forces |
forces acting on an object but do not cancel out |
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newtons second law |
object acted on by an unbalanced force will accelerate in the direction of the force with an acceleration of a=f/m |
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gravitational force |
depends on the masses of two objects and the distance between them |
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friction |
force that resists sliding motion between surfaces that are touching |
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newtons third law |
forces react with equal but opposite pairs |
