Acceleration, Force, & Energy Vocabulary

the rate in change in velocity

• acceleration

• momentum

• speed

• displacement

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the force exerted by air on objects moving through it

• air resistance

• wind

• turbulence

• eddy currents

forces acting on an object that combine to produce a net force equal to zero

• balanced forces

• unbalanced force

• free fall

• gravity

the ability to do work

• energy

• force

• friction

• momentum

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the motion of an object falling with a constant acceleration

• free fall

• force

• gravity

• deceleration

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a force that opposes motion; the force between two objects in contact that opposes the motion of either object

• friction

• kinetic

• isotopic

• potential

a push or pull that gives energy to an object, sometimes causing a change in the motion of the object

• force

• acceleration

• position

• free fall

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energy related to height and gravity

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

• inertia

• displacement

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force of attraction that depends on the mass of two objects and the distance between them

• gravity

• inertia

• gravitational constant

• friction

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the tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an outside force

• inertia

• joule

• position

• relative motion

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