Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
  2. 9. The combination of all the forces acting on an object
  3. 10. Law that states the acceleration of an object is equal to the net force exerted on the object divided by the object’s mass
  4. 13. A push or pull on an object by another object that is touching it
  5. 15. In circular motion, a force that acts perpendicular to the direction of motion, toward the center of the curve
  6. 16. The forces to objects apply to each other
  7. 17. Law that states that if the net force acting on an object is zero, the motion of the object does not change
Down
  1. 1. Law that states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
  2. 2. Any motion in which an object is moving along on a curved path
  3. 3. The gravitational force exerted on an object
  4. 4. A contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching
  5. 6. An attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass
  6. 7. Forces acting on an object that combine and form a net force of zero
  7. 8. A measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object
  8. 9. A force that one object applies to another object without touching it
  9. 11. A principle stating that the total momentum of a group of objects stays the same unless outside forces act on the objects
  10. 12. The amount of matter in an object
  11. 14. a push or pull on an object