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Quarter Vocab
Chapter 1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Reference point | is the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position of an object. |
Position | is an object distance and direction from the reference point |
Motion | is a process of changing position. |
Displacement | is a different between the initial and the final position of an object |
Speed | A measure of distance an object travel per unit of time |
Constance speed | is a rate of change of position in which the same distance is travel each second |
Instantaneous speed | is speed at a specific instant in time |
Average speed | is the total distance traveled divided by a total time taken to travel that distance. |
Velocity | is the speed and direction of a moving object |
Acceleration | is a measure of change in velocity during a period of time |