IGCSE Physics - Forces and Motion

The action of one body on a second body.

• Newton

• Force

• Friction

• Resistance

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The force required to give a mass of 1kg an acceleration of 1 m/s2

• Newton

• Force

• Air resistance

• Drag

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Friction acting on an object moving through air.

• Force

• Newton

• Air Resistance

• Solid Friction

The force that acts when two surfaces rub over one another.

• Force

• Newton

• Air resistance

• Friction

Friction that acts on an object as it moves through a fluid (a liquid or gas).

• Drag
• Friction
• Newton

• Solid Friction

The resistance to motion caused when two surfaces are in contact.

• Gravity
• Inertia
• Momentum
• Solid Friction

The single force that has the same effect on a body as two or more forces.

• Resultant force
• Net force
• Balanced force
• Static force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The force that exists between any two objects with mass.

• Frictional force
• Nuclear force
• Gravity

• Electromagnetic force

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The acceleration of an object falling freely under gravity.

• Acceleration due to gravity

• Terminal Velocity

• Resultant force

• Newton

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The gravitational force exerted per unit mass placed at that point.

• Gravitational potential energy
• Centripetal force
• Gravitational field strength

• Kinetic energy

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