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Centrifugal force is a fictitious force that appears to act on an object moving in a circular path, causing it to move away from the center of the circle.

It is a result of the inertia of the object, which tends to keep it moving in a straight line.

Explanation

This is a statement of Newton's second law of motion, which states that the force (F) required to accelerate an object is proportional to its mass (m).

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The weight of a body is the force exerted on it by gravity.

It depends on the gravitational pull of the planet or moon it is on.

Since the gravitational pull varies from place to place (it is stronger near the surface of the Earth than on a mountain, and weaker on the Moon than on the Earth), the weight of a body also varies.

Explanation

The law of conservation of momentum states that the total momentum of a closed system (such as a system of two bodies) remains constant over time, as long as there are no external forces acting on the system.

This means that the total momentum before a collision is equal to the total momentum after the collision.

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Momentum is the quantity of motion contained in a body.

It is defined as the product of an object's mass and velocity.

Momentum is a vector quantity and is typically represented by the symbol "p".

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Distance is a scalar quantity because it only has magnitude (amount of length) but no direction.

Distance is a measure of how far apart two points are, but it doesn't have a direction.

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Time is a scalar quantity because it only has magnitude (duration) but no direction.

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Weight is a vector quantity because it has both magnitude (amount of force) and direction (downward, towards the center of the Earth).

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Vector quantities are physical quantities that have both magnitude (amount or size) and direction.

Examples of vector quantities include:

• Displacement
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Force
• Momentum

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Scalar quantities are physical quantities that have only magnitude (amount or size) but no direction.

Examples of scalar quantities include:

• Mass
• Temperature
• Time
• Energy
• Distance