The Laws of Motion

A push or pull on an object by another object that is touching it

• friction

• contact force

• gravity

• weight

A push or pull on an object

• mass

• force

• friction

• gravity

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Force that resists the motion of two surfaces that are touching

• gravity

• friction

• weight

• static

Amount of matter in an object

• mass

• weight

• force

• inertia

A force one object can apply to another object without touching it

• noncontact force

• friction

• contact force

• weight

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At rest or having no motion

• static

• friction

• gravity

• noncontact force

Gravitational force exerted on an object

• weight

• mass

• friction

• static

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Combined forces form a net force of zero

• balanced forces

• inertia

• weight

• mass

Tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• inertia

• static

• weight

• friction

Combination of all the forces acting on an object

• net force

• weight

• gravity

• friction

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