when two objects have to be touching for a force to act
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Non- contact force
If objects need to be touching for the force to act
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Scalar quantity
a unit of measurement, only has a magnitude and no direction
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Vector Quantity
Has a magnitude and direction
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Equation for Weight
Weight= Mass x Gravitational Field Strength
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Centre Of Mass
the point at which the mass of an object may be thought to be concentrated
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Equation that links force, extension and spring constant
F=KE
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Hooke's Law
how you measure the mass of spring constant
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An object that is an equalibrium
Forces are balanced with a resultant force= 0N (stationary or staying at the same speed)
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2 equal forces acting in different directions
Join two lines to make a parallelogram to scale then bisect a line through the middle of the parallelogram. Measure it, and convert it to newtons using scale.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
If objects need to be touching for the force to act
Back
Non- contact force
Card 3
Front
a unit of measurement, only has a magnitude and no direction
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