DEFINITION OF TERMS

QUARTER 1 SCIENCE 8

AUGUST 31 2022
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MATTER  anything that has mass and takes up

space. The amount of matter in an object is its mass. 
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MOMENTUM is how we measure mass that is in

motion. Any moving object will have momentum.
Under the law of physics, the object's momentum
equals mass times velocity.
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INERTIA the tendency of the motion of an object to

 

remain constant in terms of both speed and direction.

 
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DISTANCE is the measure of “how much

ground an object has covered during its
motion” 
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FRICTION is the force that opposes motion

between any surfaces that are in contact. There
are four types of friction: static, sliding, rolling,
and fluid friction (Air/Viscous friction). Static,
sliding, and rolling friction occur between solid
surfaces. Fluid friction occurs in liquids and gases.
Static Friction.
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PULL that force which tends to 'move the

object towards' the direction of the force applied.
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SPRING SCALE
a scale in which the weight indications depend
upon the change of shape or of dimensions of an
elastic body or system of such bodies.
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GRAVITY is the force of attraction between two

objects.
It is what makes things fall and what keeps us from
floating off into space.

Gravity is a fundamental force of nature.

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SPEED is the measure of how fast something is
moving.

The distance over time.

d
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TIME
Computed thru distance over speed.

d
s
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VELOCITY
The speed and direction motion of an
object. It is computed through
displacement over time
d
t
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ACCELERATION
The rate of change in velocity in a given
time or elapsed time. It can be computed
thru change in velocity over elapsed
time.
v
t
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DISPLACEMENT
Change in position of an object with
respect to its direction.
It can be computed thru velocity times
time.
d=vxt
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SCALAR Examples
It is a quantity that Time, Distance, Mass
is fully described by Area, Density , Speed
a magnitude only.
It is described by a
single number only.
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VECTOR Examples
It is a quantity that Force, Velocity,
has both Weight ,
magnitude and Acceleration,
direction Momentum
Newton’s Second Law of Motion

THE LAW OF ACCELERATION

force = mass x acceleration

State the Second Law of Motion by completing this paragraph

Acceleration
The Law of _______________
The acceleration of an object as produced by
a net force is ( directly / inversely)
proportional to the magnitude of the net
force, in the (same / opposite) direction as
the net force, and (directly / inversely)
Proportional to the (mass/weight) of the
object.