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| a starting point used to describe the position of an object |
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| a quantity that has both a size and a direction |
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| the difference between the initial position and the final position of an object |
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| the rate of change of position over a period of time |
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| travels the same distance each and every second |
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| or the speed of an object at a specific instant of time, is especially useful to measure for object whose speed changes |
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| its total distance traveled divided by the total time it traveled |
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| a measurement of both the speed and direction of motion of an object |
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| another vector, is the rate at which velocity changes over time |
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| the steepness of the line |
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| the vertical change or change along the y-axis on a graph as an object moces between two points |
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| the horizontal change or change along the x-axis on a graph as an object moves between two points |
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| the type of force that is only exerted when two objects are touching |
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| a type of force exerted on one object by another when the objects are not touching |
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| the combination of all the forces acting on an object |
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| when the net force on an object is not zero |
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| occur when the net force on a object is zero |
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| Newton's First Law of Motion |
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| states that if the net force on an object is zero an object at rest remains at rest or if the object is moving it continues to move in a straight line with constant speed |
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| an attractive force between all objects that have mass |
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| Law of Universal Gravitation |
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| states that all objects are attracted to each other |
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| the gravitational force exerted on an object |
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| a contact force that acts to resist sliding between two touching surfaces |
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| exerted by a materail when it is stretched or compressed |
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| the force exerted on a stretched rubber band |
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| the force exerted on a squeezed rubber ball |
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| a table exerts a normal force on anything that sits on it |
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| Newton's Second Law of Motion |
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a=F/m- acceleration is equal to force divided by mass
m=F/a- mass is equal to force divided by acceleration
F=m*a- force is equal to mass times accleration |
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| Newton's Third Law of Motion |
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| states that when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction on the first object |
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| the amount of mass per unit volume of material |
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| a 6 faced block in which all faces are rectangular |
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| length(cm)* width(cm)* height(cm) |
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| a material that can flow and has no definite shape |
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| the force per unit area applied on the surface of an object |
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| Pascals=force(newtons)/ area(meters squared) |
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| is the force exerted per unit area by air particles |
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| the net upward force exerted on an object in a fluid by the surrounding fluid |
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| states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces |
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| an instrument that measures the density of a fluid |
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| a meausre of the average kinetic energy of all particles in an object |
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| the temperature at which it changes from a solid to a liquid |
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| of a material is the temperature at which material changes from a liquid to a solid |
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| the change from a liquid to a gas |
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| vaporization that occurs within a liquid |
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| the temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas |
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| Vaporization at the surface of a liquid |
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| the state change of a material from a gas to a liquid |
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| the change of a solid to a gas without going through the liquid state |
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| the change is state of a gas to a solid without going through the liquid state |
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