Physics Midterm

a simple physical quantity that is not changed by coordinate direction

a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

a physical length

shortest distance from the initial and final positions

distance travelled per unit time

rate of change of position (m/s)

change in velocity over time

The speed of an object at one instant of time

The overall rate of speed at which an object moves

vertical motion of an object falling a small distance close to the surface

the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

push or pull

force between two objects (or an object and a surface) that are in contact with each other

interaction of two objects which are separated in space with no known mediator of the interaction

force resisting the relative lateral (tangential) motion

a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors