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