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distance traveled in a particular direction (change in position) |
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| rate of change of displacement |
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| rate of change of distance |
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| rate of change of velocity |
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| Newton's First Law of Motion |
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| An object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion at a constant speed in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force. |
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| Newton's Second Law of Motion |
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| An unbalanced force will cause an object to accelerate in the direction of the net force. The acceleration of the object is proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to its mass. (Fnet = ma or Fnet = Δ p/Δ t (net force = rate of change of momentum)) |
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| Newton's Third Law of Motion |
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| When two bodies A and B interact (push or pull), the force that A exerts on B is equal and opposite to the force that B exerts on A. |
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| Translational Equilibrium |
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| net force acting on a body is zero |
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| product of mass and velocity |
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| *Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum |
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| The total momentum of an isolated system (no external forces) remains constant. |
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| The product of a force on an object and the displacement of the object in the direction of the force. |
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| product of ½ times the mass of an object times the square of an object’s speed |
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| Change in Gravitational Potential Energy |
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| product of an object’s mass times the gravitational field strength times the change in height |
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| *Principle of Conservation of Energy |
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| The total energy of an isolated system (no external forces) remains constant. (OR – Energy can be neither created nor destroyed but only transformed from one form to another or transferred from one object to another.) |
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| a collision in which both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved |
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| a collision in which momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved |
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| The rate at which work is done or the rate at which energy is transferred. |
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| The ratio of the useful energy (or power or work) output to the total energy (or power or work) input. |
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| The acceleration due to changing velocity direction. It points toward the center of the circular path and equals. |
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| The name of any force or resultant of individual forces that points toward the center of a circular path. |
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