Newton's laws Vocabulary

Any action that changes the shape or movement of an object

• friction

• force

• gravity

• inertia

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The force that slows down objects when they rub against each other

• speed

• gravity

• friction

• inertia

Speed and direction

• velocity

• speed

• acceleration

• momentum

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An object's resistance to any change in motion

• force

• friction

• gravity

• inertia

The rate at which something moves

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• force

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A measure of the rate of change in velocity over time

• speed

• velocity

• acceleration

• inertia

Acceleration in a NEGATIVE direction, diminishing of speed

• acceleration

• deceleration

• speed

• velocity

The total of all forces acting on an object

• Net force

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• gravitational force

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A non-contact attractive force that exists between all objects that have a mass.

• unbalanced force

• gravity

• net force

• balanced force

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The force that pulls things down toward the surface of the Earth and keeps them from floating away into space

• inertia

• net force

• friction

• gravity

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