8th grade Science

S. Harrison (United States of America)
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  1. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  2. Newton's first law
    a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force
  3. inertia
    the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion
  4. centripetal force
    the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
  5. momentum
    the product of a body's mass and its velocity
  6. collision
    a brief event in which two or more particles come together
  7. Newton's second law
    the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force
  8. Newton's third law
    action and reaction are equal and opposite
  9. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  10. conservation of momentum
    the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system
Created on Wed Sep 12 15:17:53 EDT 2018 (updated Wed Sep 12 15:34:43 EDT 2018)

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