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15 Cards in this Set
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Reaction time |
Includes the time for you to react and the time for you to complete an action |
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Force |
A push or pull |
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Work |
Applying a force over a certain distance |
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Speed |
How fast an object is moving |
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Systematic error |
an error that could be corrected by calculation |
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Conservation of energy |
Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can be transformed from one form to another, but the total amount of energy remains constant |
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Dependent variable |
what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment |
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Velocity |
Speed in a given direction |
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Conservation of momentum |
Momentum cannot be created or destroyed it can only be transferred between interacting objects |
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Average speed |
Total distance covered divided by the time |
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Kinetic energy |
Energy associated with motion |
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Newton's 2nd law |
F=ma |
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Strobe photo |
A combination of photographs taken at regular time intervals |
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Independent variable |
the variable you have control over, what you can choose and manipulate. |
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Instantaneous speed |
the speed at any instant |
