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No. The ball in a roulette wheel, a Baseball, and a Golf-ball are all moving and
all under the influence of gravity, but all executing very different patterns of
speed and direction.

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How can you find the direction of a moving object?

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What happened to the speed of moving object when it is pushed in the direction of motion?

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What does moving object mean?

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The name of the froces that slows objects moving through air?

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Which force pushes against a moving object as it passes through air?

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What determines the change in direction of an object after it collides with another moving object?

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