Wordwise Chapter 12 – Flashcards
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A measure of an object's inertia
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Mass
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Force that affects all particles in a nucleus and acts only over a short range
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Weak Nucleus
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Opposes the force of gravity (a sky diver experiences this)
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Fluid Friction
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A change in an object's speed or direction of motion
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Acceleration
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The product of an object's mass and it's velocity
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Momentum
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A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
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Weight
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A center- directed force that continuously changes the direction of an object to make it move in a circle
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Centripetal force
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A force associated with charged particles
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Electromagnetic Force
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Mass is the measure of the _______ of an object
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Inertia
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A force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move past each other
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Friction
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The universal force that causes every object to attract every other object
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gravity
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A person's weight on mars is measured in _______
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Newtons
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Acceleration equals _______ divided by mass
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Net force
