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What is the branch of classical mechanics that concerns the effect of forces and torques on the motion of bodies having mass?
What is a vector quantity that points from the origin to the position of a particle?
What is the change in position of an object?
What is a scalar quantity that refers to how fast an object is moving?
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What is a single point in space that can be indicated with coordinates?
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What is the scalar value that indicates how far a particle has traveled without reference to a starting point?
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Which of the following is considered an absolute quantity in Newtonian mechanics?
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What is the quantitative measure of a body's inertia or resistance to change in motion?
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Which of the following is the vector action of one body on another?
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Which of the following is a body of negligible dimensions?
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What is a body whose changes in shape are negligible compared to its overall dimensions or changes in position?
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Which branch of mechanics aims to describe the spatial position, velocity, and acceleration of bodies or particles?
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