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any substance that occupies space, gas, liquid, solids, electrons; all fit this category

What is Matter

100

the time rate of change of distance expressed as distance divided by time (feet per second, miles per hour, etc)

What is velocity

200

force times distance and is expressed by a combination of units of force and distance, such as foot pounds, inch pounds, etc

What is work

200

a measure of the tendency of a force to rotate a body upon which it acts about an axis

What is torque or moment

300

The measure of inertia of a body

What is mass

300

this is defined as the time rate of change of velocity, expressed as velocity divided by time or as distance divided by time2

What is acceleration

400

The metric SI unit for work, or when a force of one newton is displaced through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force

What is the joule

400

simply defined as a push or a pull

What is aForce

500

The engineering standard unit of power, equal to 33,000 foot pounds per minute or 550 foot pounds per second

What is Horsepower

500

the property of matter which causes it to resist any changes in its motion or state of rest

What is inertia

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