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SOMEWHAT RANDOM PHYSICS WORDS

Apparent weight
normal force

Centripetal force
a net force

Simple Harmonic Motion

special motion that is due to a restoring force

Net Force
sum of forces

Impulse
= to change in momentum

Mass
amount of matter

Vector Quantity
has magnitude and direction

Magnitude
size

Period
time for one cycle

Frequency
cycles per second

Newton
kg m/s squared

Joule
1 newton meter

Watt
joules per second

Meter
the MKS unit for length

Momentum
a vector quantity, that is conserved in collisions

Elastic Collision
bouncing..energy conserved

Inelastic Collision
sticking collision...momentum conserved, energy is not

torque
that which causes rotation

kilogram
MKS unit for mass

second
MKS unit for time

Mechanical energy
the sum of KE and PE

Gravitational Potential Energy

energy of position within a gravitational field

Elastic Energy
energy of stretch or compression

Kinetic Energy
energy of motion

Conservative Force
Force that does not change Mechanical energy

Net Work
work done that changes kinetic energy

Work by Non-conservative force

work that changes Mechanical Energy

Non-Conservative Force
Changes Mechanical Energy...like friction

Normal Force
Force off a surface....perpendicular to it

Spring Constant
the so-called K value

Inverse Square Law

as distance doubles, something quarters

coefficient of friction, muooo

the ratio of normal to force of friction

Energy
the ability to do work

Work
the transfer of energy

Concurrent
at the same time

Kinetic Friction Force

Force that opposes sliding between surfaces
Static Friction Force
Force that opposes the start of sliding between two surfaces

Resultant
Sum of vectors

Component
part of a vector...x or y

speed
rate of distance scalar concept

Scalar Quantity
only has size (which is called magnitude)

Acceleration
rate change of velocity, vector

Distance
path length....scalar

Force
push or a pull that may cause acceleration

Velocity
rate change of displacement...vector

Displacement
change in position, a vector quantity

Hertz
one cycle per one second, the unit for frequency

Amplitude
maximum displacement from rest

pressure
scalar acts in all directions and is ratio of f/a

buoyant force
the weight of the displaced fluid

density
the ratio of mass to volume

Pascal
one newton per one meter squared

volume
the amount of three-dimensional space

mole
6.02 x 10 23 of anything

isovolumetric
process: no work done

adiabatic
process: no heat but work
isochoric
aka isovolumetric

isothermal
Process; no change in U...PV constant

wave
oscillation that transfers energy

wavelength
distance beetween two successive points in phase

period
time for one full cycle

constructive interference
occurs when whaves overalap in phase

node
a place of destructive interference in a standing wave

antinode
a place of constructive interference in a standing wave

standing wave
a wave pattern caused by reflection and interference

fundamental frequency
the longest wavelenth pattern for a standing wave

sound
a longitudinal wave in a medium

transverse
oscillation perp to the motion

longitudinal
oscillation parallel to the motion

doppler effect
caused by a relative velocity between source and observer

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