Motion Vocab Flashcards
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CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION
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Acceleration of of an object toward the center of a curved or circular path
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ACCELERATION
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rate of change of velocity; can be calculated by dividing the change in velocity by the time it takes the change to occur.
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DISPLACEMENT
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distance and direction of an object’s change in position from the starting point
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MOTION
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a change in an objects position relative to a reference point
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MOMENTUM
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A property of a moving object that equals it’s mass times it’s velocity
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METER
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the SI unit of length, abbreviated
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SPEED
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distance an object travels
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VELOCITY
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The speed and direction of a moving object.
