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Eighth Grade Science Chapter Nine

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motiona state in which one object's position from another object or reference point is changing
reference pointa place or an object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion
distancea measure of how far away an object is from another object or reference point
speedthe rate of change of distance or distance an object travels in one unit of time
velocityspeed and direction of an object's motion
slopethe steepness or slope of a line on a graph
plateone of the major pieces that make up Earth's upper layer
plate techtonictheory in which earth's plates move very slowly in various directions
accelerationrate at which velocity changes
decelerationnegative acceleration, refers to decreasing speed.


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The Plains, VA

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