Newtons Law's Vocabulary

5. Where all the pushes and pulls on an object are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, so they cancel each other out.
6. A universal force of attraction between any two objects with mass, where the force is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.
9. A pulling force transmitted axially through a string, rope, cable, or rod when it is pulled taut by equal and opposite forces acting on its ends.
12. Is a push or pull exerted by one object on another through direct physical contact, often causing a change in the object's motion or state.
13. The property of an object to resist any change in its state of motion.
14. A force that resists the sliding motion of surfaces in contact, acting parallel to those surfaces and in the opposite direction of intended motion.
15. A fundamental property of an object that measures its inertia, or its resistance to changes in motion. It's also the quantity that determines how strongly an object interacts gravitationally with other objects.

1. The total force acting on an object, calculated as the vector sum of all individual forces.
2. Is a push or a pull that, when unbalanced, changes an object's state of motion, meaning it can change its speed, direction, or both.
3. A net force that is not equal to zero.
4. The scientific study of the deformation of Earth's crust and the forces that cause this deformation.
7. The rate at which an object's velocity changes over time.
8. A vector quantity that describes the rate of change of an object's position, including both its speed and its direction of motion.
10. The product of an object's mass (m) and its velocity (v), expressed as p = mv. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and direction.
11. The force needed to accelerate a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second squared.