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The overall rate of speed at which an object moves calculated by dividing the total distance of an object travels by the total time

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Average speed

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To decide by reasoning

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Conclude

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To determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of

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Define

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The length and direction of a straight line between starting and ending points

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Displacement

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The length of the past between two points

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Distance

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The ability to do work or cause change

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Energy

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A series of numbers and symbols that represent a mathematical rule

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Formula

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Potential energy related to an object’s height

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Gravitational potential energy

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The speed of an object to any given instant

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Instantaneous speed

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Energy that an object has due to the motion

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Kinetic energy

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The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Law of conversation of energy

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And objects combined Kinetic energy and potential energy

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Mechanical energy

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State in which one objects distance from another is changing

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Motion

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The possibilities that something will develop in a certain way

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Potential

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Speed energy that results from the position or shape of an object

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Potential energy

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A place or object used for comparison to describe the position of motion of a person or object

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Reference point

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The steepness of A line on a graph, equal to the vertical change divided by the horizontal change

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Slope

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The distance and object travels in a certain period of time without regard to direction

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Speed

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To convey from one person place or situation to another

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Transfer

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A measurable quantity that consists of both magnitude and direction

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Vector

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Speed in a given direction

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Velocity

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A word that describes what is done on an object when the force is exerted on an object that causes the object to move

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Work

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The rate at which velocity changes with time

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Acceleration

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