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What is required to change the direction of a moving object?

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Force.

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A change in speed or direction of a moving object?
A change in the speed or direction of a moving object is called acceleration. Slowing down is also acceleration, not deceleration as is commonly used for such a situation.
What causes a moving object to change direction?
forces cause motion or the change in motion
Which force change the direction of a moving object?
Any force that's not in the direction that the object is moving or directly opposite to it, will change the direction of its motion.
Which force can change the direction of a moving object?
Based on Newton's first Law of Motion, any (net, if two or more forces are at work) force acting on a moving object, and that, when resolved, having a component orthogonal to the direction of travel,...
A change in a moving object's direction always results in a change in its?
i dont now