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100

This is the SI unit composition of a Newton.

What is a  kgdotm/s^2 ?

100

This is the study of forces and their effect on the motion of objects or systems.

What is Dynamics?

100

This attractive field force exists between any two objects with mass.

What is the gravitational force?

100

These are the laws related to force, acceleration, and intertia.

What are Newton's Laws?

100

This is the force required to accelerate 5kg at 2m/s2?

What is 10N?

200

Forces are said to be this when the sum of the forces acting on an object is zero.

What is balanced?

200

This is the definition of force.

What is a push or a pull on a system?

200

This contact force opposes motion.

What is friction?

200

This is Newton's second law written in math.

What is  sumF=ma ?

200

This is the weight, in Newtons, of an 8th grade student with a mass of 50kg.

What is 500N?

300

Forces are said to be this when the sum of the forces acting on an object is NOT zero.

What is unbalanced?

300

This is a sketch of the vector forces acting on an object or system.

What is a Free Body Diagram?

300

This contact force reacts to compression and acts perpendicular to the contact surface.

What is the normal force?

300

This is Newton's 1st Law written in English.

What is "an object at rest tends to stay are rest and and object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force"?

300

This is the acceleration of a 20kg rock being pushed with a force of 60N.

What is 3m/s2?

400

The weight of an object can be calculated using this equation.

What is Fg = mg?

400

These are forces that require objects or systems to be touching one another.

What are contact forces?

400

This contact force twists an object.

What is tortion?

400

This Newton's Third Law written in English.

What is "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"?

400

This is the mass of an object that is accelerated at 5m/s2 when a force of 2kN is applied.

What is 400kg?

500

These are the four fundamental forces in decreasing order of strength.

What are the strong nuclear, gravitational, electromagnetic, and weak nuclear forces?

500

These are forces that act at a distance and do not require contact.

What are field forces?

500

This contact force squeezes an object.

What is compression?

500

This is Newton's Second Law written in English.

What is "the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely proportional to the mass"?

500

This is the magnitude of the friction force when a 10kg object accelerates at 5m/s2 when a pushing force of 100N is applied.

What is 50N/