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Year 10 Mechanics: Forces and Motion BASICS

For Year 10 students trying to memorise/learn basic terms for forces and motion

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stationarynot moving at all
constant speedtype of motion with no acceleration
constant accelerationincreasing speed smoothly over time
constant decelerationdecreasing speed smoothly over time
start and end timeswhat we should state for a section of a graph
push or pulla force can be thought of as a ...
thrusta type of force (pushing)
support forcea surface holds up an object with this
lift forceif a woman moves a box upwards, she uses...
weight forcethe force of gravity on an object
masshow much matter is in an object
Newtonsthe unit for force
metres per second squaredthe unit for acceleration (and deceleration)
negative accelerationdeceleration
metres per secondthe unit for speed
zero metres per seconda stationary object has a speed of ...
zero metres per second squaredobjects moving at constant speed have ....
net forceoverall/total force acting on object
opposing forceswhat we subtract to get net force
opposinga word that means 'opposite'
reversingmoving backwards
ratethe amount of something over time
velocityanother word for speed
frictionsurfaces or atoms touching and pushing in opposite directions
dragfriction between an object and a fluid (liquid or gas)
air resistancefriction between an object and the air



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