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Details Title: Force Description: Force Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 11/11/2005 17:20:30	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Force Definition The cause of acceleration of an object at a constant velocity. Term Contact force Definition The force between any objects that touch each other Term Field Force Definition "The force between two objects hat do not touch, such as gravity" Term Force diagrams Definition Diagrams with vectors representing all forces in a system Term Inertia Definition The “laziness” of an object to change velocities Term Net External Force Definition "All of the forces together…many of ours have canceled out…including gravity and normal force, and sometimes friction and applied force" Term Equilibrium Definition Whenever an object is at rest or progressing at a constant velocity. All of the forces cancel out Term Action-Reaction Pair Definition When a pair of objects act on each other equally Term Weight Definition Mass x acceleration Term Normal force Definition The force of one surface to another…perpendicularly Term Static friction Definition The resistance of a surface against an object in the opposite direction of the applied force Term Kinetic friction Definition Friction between two objects that are moving Term Coefficient of friction Definition Fs or Fk divided by normal force Term Newton’s first law Definition Inertia Term Newton’s second law Definition F=ma Term Newton’s third law Definition Action reaction pairs are equal and opposite to one another