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| What does Newton's third law of motion state? |
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| if one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts a force of equal strength in the opposite direction of the first object |
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| a characteristic of a moving object that is related to the mass and the velocity of the object |
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| How can the momentum of a moving object be determined? |
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| by multiplying the object's mass and velocity |
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| How is momentum described? |
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| by its direction and quantity |
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| The momentum of an object is in the same direction as what? |
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| The mass of an object affects what? |
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| the momentum the object has |
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| What does the law of conversation of the momentum state? |
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| In the absence of outside forces, the total momentum of objects that interact does not change. The amount of momentum is the same before and after they interact. |
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| Is the total momentum of any group of objects the same or is it different? |
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