Fundamental Concepts
A push or a pull that can change an object's speed, direction, or shape.
What is Force
A force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact.
What is Applied Force
Three fundamental principles of classical mechanics that describe the relationship between an object's motion and the forces acting on it
What is Laws of Motion
The gravitational force exerted on an object by a celestial body.
What is Weight
The amount of matter in an object.
What is Mass
Speed in a specific direction.
What is Velocity
Forces that are not equal, leading to a change in an object's motion.
What is Unbalanced Force
he attractive force between any two objects with mass.
What is Gravitational Force
The total distance an object travels divided by the total time it takes to travel that distance.
What is Average Speed
the SI unit of force.
What is a Newton
The process of changing position or location.
What is Motion
The combined effect of all forces acting on an object.
What is Net Force
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Action-Reaction (Newton's 3rd Law)
A situation where an object's rate of motion does not change over time, meaning it covers the same distance in equal intervals of time and has no acceleration or deceleration.
What is Constant Speed
A force that opposes the motion of objects as they move past each other.
What is Friction
The distance an object travels divided by the time it takes.
What is Speed
Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, resulting in no change in motion.
What is Balanced Force
The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.
What is F=MA (Newton's 2nd Law)
The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.
What is Potential Energy
The state of an object that maintains both a constant speed and a constant direction of motion over time, meaning it travels in a straight line without accelerating or decelerating.
What is Constant Velocity
The rate at which velocity changes over time.
What is Acceleration
An attractive force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.
What is Gravity
An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Inertia (Newton's 1st Law)
The energy of motion that all particles (atoms, molecules, ions) possess due to their continuous movement.
What is Kinetic Energy
It's what a clock reads, representing the ongoing progression of events from past to future and the duration between them.
What is Time