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Science Vocabulary 09 Review

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Accelerationrate of change in velocity, usually expressed in meters per second; involves an increase or decrease in speed and/or a change in direction
Air Resistanceforce of air on moving objects
Centrifugalcircular motion away from center or axis
Centripetal Forcethe force on an object required to keep this object on a circular path, pulling toward the center of the circle
Frictiona force that opposes the relative motion of two material surfaces in contact with one another
Gravitationa force of attraction between two masses
Gravitythe observed effect of the force of gravitation
Inertiathe property of a body, due to its mass, that causes it to resist any change in its motion unless overcome by a force
Momentuma vector quantity that is the product of an object’s mass and velocity; the general effect of ongoing motion
Speedamount of distance traveled divided by time taken; the time-rate at which any physical process takes place
Vectora physical quantity with both a magnitude and direction
Velocitythe time-rate at which a body changes its position; quantity whose magnitude is expressed in units of distance over time


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