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Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Speed | the distance an object travels per unit of time |
Velocity | speed in a given direction |
Acceleration | the rate of change of velocity which includes speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction |
Deceleration | slowing down |
At Rest | not moving, stopped, sitting still, motionless |
Displacement | how far an object is away from where it started |
Direction | a course along which something or someone moves |
Units of Speed | miles per hour (mph), meters per second (m/s), kilometers per hour (km/h) |
Units of Velocity | miles per hour (mph) east, meters per second (m/s) north kilometers per hour (km/h) towards Galveston Direction can be up, down, left, right, east, west, north, south, towards, going back |
Units of Acceleration | meters per second squared (m/s2) can also be written as m/s/s |
Increased | become or make greater in speed, size, amount, intensity, or degree Ex: speed up |
Decreased | become or make smaller or fewer in speed, size, amount, intensity, or degrees Ex: slow down |
Span | the amount of space something covers |
"is determined by" | dependent upon |