Vocabulary for Newton's Laws

Energy that has not yet been released

• acceleration

• lubrication

• inertia

• potential energy

• velocity

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When two forces acting on an object are not equal

• acceleration

• unbalanced forces

• inertia

• potential energy

• velocity

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A force that is opposite the direction of movement

• unbalanced forces

• drag

• inertia

• contact force

• velocity

When two opposite and equal forces are acting on an object

• balanced forces

• drag

• unbalanced forces

• contact force

• non-contact force

A force that physically touches the object

• balanced forces

• potential energy

• unbalanced forces

• contact force

• non-contact force

The speed of an object in a certain direction

• inertia

• lubrication

• potential energy

• acceleration

• velocity

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Energy in motion

• inertia

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• acceleration

• velocity

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The tendency for an object to stay at rest or in motion

• inertia

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• acceleration

• velocity

A force that does not physically touch the object

• potential energy

• drag

• unbalanced force

• contact force

• non-contact force

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The total amount of surface on an object

• surface area

• drag

• balanced force

• contact force

• non-contact force