Flashcards: Apologia - Physical Science - Module 10: Newton's Laws
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Vocabulary from Module 10 of Apologia Educational Ministries' Exploring Creation with Physical Science (2nd Edition) by Dr. Jay Wile
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist changes in its velocity |
| Friction | A force that opposes motion, resulting from the contact of two surfaces |
| Kinetic friction | Friction that opposes motion once the motion has already started |
| Static friction | Friction that opposes the initiation of motion |
| Newton's First Law | An object in motion (or at rest) will tend to stay in motion (or at rest) until it is acted upon by an outside force |
| Newton's Second Law | When an object is acted on by one or more outside forces, the total force is equal to the mass of the object times the resulting acceleration |
| Newton's Third Law | For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction |
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