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Willard Science 11
Chapter 11 Key Terms
Question | Answer |
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Motion | Change in position relative to a reference point. |
Frame of reference | A system for specifying the precise location of objects in space and time. |
Displacement | The change in position of an object. |
Speed | The distance traveled didvided by the time interval during which the motion occured. |
Velocity | The speed of an object in a particular direction. |
Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes over time; an objects accelerates if it's speed, direction, or both change. |
Force | An action exerted on a body in order to change the body's state of rest or motion; force has magnitude and direction. |
Friction | A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact. |
Static Friction | The force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces that are in contact and at rest. |
Kinetic Friction | The force that opposes the movement of two surfaces that are in contact and are moving over each other. |