Newton's Second Law Vocabulary

The rate of change in velocity; speeding up, slowing down or changing direction

• Acceleration

• Acceleration Due to Gravity

• Deceleration

• Force

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A situation where the net force on a system is zero

• Acceleration

• Balance Force

• Deceleration

• Force

An interaction between an object and another object or a field that acts to change the motion of the object.

• Acceleration

• Balanced Force

• Force

• Gravity

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A measure of how much matter is present in a substance

• mass

• weight

• gravity

A change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison to the position of other objects used as a reference points.

• Acceleration

• Motion

• Speed

The SI unit of force, or mass times acceleration

• Weight

• Wavelength

• Newton

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The law stating the relationship between the force applied to an object and the object's mass and acceleration.

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Newton's Third Law of Motion

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The measurement of the rate of change of position with respect to time.

• Acceleration

• Speed

• Velocity

A situation where the net force on a system is not zero.

• Balanced Forces

• Neutral Forces

• Unbalanced Forces

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The rate of change of position of an object moving in a specific direction.

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Speed