Force and Pressure – Vocabulary

Term Definition
acceleration Getting faster
gradient Slope on a graph
Extension When something gets longer
Air resistance/
Friction caused by movement through the air
Drag
Velocity Speed in a direction
Two surfaces interlock on a microscopic level with ridges
Friction
and crevices
Gravitational
The field that causes weight
field
Density mass/volume
turbulence Caused by shape of an object
Weight Force you feel due to gravity
Force x distance = Work Done or the energy input into a
Work Done
system
For a spring the extension is proportional to the weight
Hookes Law
added
Contact Force Forces where objects touch such as friction
Non-contact Electrostatic, Gravitational, Magnetic which does not
Force require surface contact and may pass through space.