Chapter 1- Motion Flashcards

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1
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The starting point you choose to describe the location, or postion of an object

A

Reference point

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2
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An objects distance and direction from a reference point.

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Postion

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3
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The car is 25 meters east of door 9. What is this call?

A

Postion

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4
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Process of changing postion

A

Motion

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5
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Total length of an object’s path

A

Distance

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6
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Distance between the starting point and the ending point

A

displacement

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7
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How do u calculate speed?

A

Distance divided by time

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8
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Speed and direction of an object

A

Velocity

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9
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change in velocity (speed ans direction.)

A

Acceleration

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|
  |
  |-------------
  |
   -----------------
        Time
Identify what is happening?
A

Object at rest, away from the orgin

There is no speed, velocity, and acceleration.

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|               /
  |         / 
  |    /   
  |/
   -----------------
        Time
Identify what is happening
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Object moves away from orgin with constant speedand direction
No acceleration

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12
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|. \
  |.    \
  |.       \
  |.           \
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        Time
Idetify what is happening
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Starts away from orgin and moves back to orgin in constant speed
No acceleration

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13
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✔️.         Identify what is happening 
                    ✔️
                     ✔️
                   ✔️
               ✔️
   ✔️  ✔️   
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        Time
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Object moves away from orgin
Speed is increasing
Object is accelerating
Velocity is changing

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14
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The dog ran at a rate of 3m/sec

Identify what this is

A

Speed

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15
Q

A bicylist learns over as she makes a turn down the hill

This is what?

A

Acceleration

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16
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Geese fly about 64 kilometers per hour when they migrate south
This is what?

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Velocity