Introduction to Forces Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Act within the object or system and hold together when acted on by external forces
  2. 3. Forces that occur even if objects are not in contact (gravity)
  3. 9. Forces resulting from objects coming into contact (ground reaction force)
  4. 10. ag= -9.8 m/s2
  5. 11. Act on an object as a result of interaction with environment
Down
  1. 1. The process of determining a single vector from two or more vectors by vector addition (tip to tail)
  2. 4. Forces do not act on the same line, but they do act through the same point
  3. 5. Forces that have the same line of action and can be the same or opposite direction
  4. 6. Single resultant force derived from the vector composition of all acting forces and determines the net effect of all acting forces on a body
  5. 7. Force acting perpendicular to surface of object
  6. 8. Force acting parallel to surface of object