- velocity: a rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed
- acceleration: increase of speed or velocity.
- acceleration due to gravity
- air resistance: the opposition of the atmosphere to forward movement;also called aerodynamic drag
- energy: the capacity for vigorous activity; available power.
- force: physical power or strenght possessed by a living being
- mass: a body of coherent matter, usually of undefinite shape (size)
- weight: the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; (amount of an objects weighs)
- law of gravitation: a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance btween them.
- free fall: the hypothetical fall of a body such that the only force acting upon it is that of gravity.
- potential energy: the enrgy of a body or a system with respcet to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- kinetic energy: the energy of a body or system wih respect to the motion of the body or of the oarticles in the system
- gravity: the force of attraction by which terrestrial bpdies tend to fall foward the center of the earth
- momentum: force or speed of movement; impetus, as of physical object or course events.
- projectile: an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- trajectory: the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
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