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Acceleration occurs when the velocity of an object changes. Velocity is the speed and direction of an object. Newton's Second Law of Motion defines what happens when a force acts on an object. The object accelerates in the direction in which the force is acting. A force acting on a stationery object starts it moving. A force acting on a moving object will speed it up, slow it down, or change the direction in which it is moving







Definition of deceleration: (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity


Definition of acceleration: (physics) a rate of increase of velocity




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