Forces Physics Keywords

Question	Answer
reaction time	the time between a person detecting a stimulus and actually reacting to it
stopping distance	the distance travelled between the time it took to detect the stimulus and for the car to stop
braking distance	the distance travelled between the time it took to detect the stimulus and press the brakes
thinking distance	the distance travelled between the time it took to detect the stimulus and react to it
scaler	unit of measurement that only has a distance measured in units
vector	a unit of measurement that has a distance measured in units and a direction
resultant force	all of the forces acting on an object at one time after they've cancelled each other out
power	the energy supplied to a machine per second

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	Created by Aafreen Butt over 6 years ago