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Displacement

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The Moving of something from it’s place or position.

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Velocity

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The speed of something in a given direction.

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Speed

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The rate of which someone or something is able to move or operate

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4
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Acceleration

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Increase in the rate of speed in something.

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5
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Inertia

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A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged

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Mass

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a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape

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7
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Force

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Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement

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8
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Gravity

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The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth

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9
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Kinetic Energy

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energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion

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Gravitational Potential Energy

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Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with the gravitational field.

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Elastic Potential Energy

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elastic energy: potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed

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12
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Wave

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The way that sound and light travel.

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13
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Vibration

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The instance of going back and forth really fast.

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14
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Wavelength

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the distance between successive crests of a wave.

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Frequency

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the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time

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16
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Wave speed

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The speed at which the wave form of a progressive wave travels.

17
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Medium of a Wave

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Something that a wave travels through

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Sound

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Vibrations that travel through the air

19
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Electromagnetic Radiation

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a kind of radiation including visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and X-rays, in which electric and magnetic fields vary simultaneously.

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Visible light

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All of the colors of light you can see with the naked eye.