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Motion fun

ch. 11 key terms

AB
Frame of Referencea system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another.
Relative Motionmovement in relation to a frame of reference.
Distancelength of a path between point A and point B
Vectora quantity that has magnitude and direction.
Resultant vectorthe vector sum of two or more vectors.
Average speedTotal distance divided by total time
speedratio of the distance and time an object moves.
Instantaneous speedrate an object is moving at a given moment in time.
Velocityspeed in a given direction.
Accelerationrate at which velocity changes.
Free FallThe movement of an object toward earth solely because of gravity.
Constant accelerationa steady change in velocity.
Linear graphdata points form a straight line.
Nonlinear graphdata points form a curve.


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