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21 Cards in this Set
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speed |
a measure of the distance covered in a specific amount of time |
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position |
the location of an object |
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reference point |
the location of an object compared to another |
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velocity |
speed with direction |
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acceleration |
a change in speed or direction |
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centripetal acceleration |
moving in a circular motion |
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Positive acceleration |
increasing speed up |
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negative acceleration |
decreasing in speed |
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North, Left, Right, Up, Down |
example of direction |
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meter |
SI unit for distance |
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second |
SI unit for time |
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meter/second |
SI unit for speed or velocity |
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meter/s/s |
SI unit for acceleration |
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Gravitron or Ferris Wheel |
example of centripetal acceleration |
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speed of something at rest |
0 m/s |
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x-axis |
the horizontal part the graph |
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y-axis |
the vertical part of the graph |
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slope |
shows the speed increase or decrease on a graph |
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motion |
change in position |
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instantaneous speed |
speed of an object at specific instant |
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average speed |
speed of an object that is not always moving at a constant speed |
