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This is the amount of material that makes up a body. The unit of mass is the KILOGRAM. The mass of a body determines its reluctance to accelerate when a force is applied to it. The WEIGHT of a body depends upon the force of gravity and varies from place to place. In outer space a body can weigh nothing. It still needs the same amount of force to accelerate it as it would on the earth.
FORCE A body left to itself will remain motionless. If it is already moving then it will continue to move in a straight line at a constant velocity. Anything which changes these conditions is a force. Force is measured in NEWTONS.
F = mass x acceleration. F=ma
WORK When a force is applied to a body, the body will move (if free to do so). It will move in the direction of the force. The force has done WORK on the body. Work = force x distance moved in the direction of the force. The unit of work is the JOULE. 1 Joule is the work done
when a force of 1 Newton moves an object a distance of 1 Metre.
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