general terms for Motion
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| Frame of Reference | point of view of motion with labeled reference points to allow measurements
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| Position | Location or coordinates
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| Distance | how far
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| Displacement | The change in position with direction
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| Speed | how fast
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| Velocity | how fast in a given direction
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| Acceleration | Rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
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| Instantaneous Speed | speed at a specific moment of time
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| Scalar quantity | quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone. (ex. Mass, distance, speed)
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| Vector quantity | quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. (ex. Weight, Displacement, velocity)
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| Constant | without changing
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| X-t graph | Graph of position and time. Slope is velocity
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| Motion map | Diagram of position and veclocity arrows that is used to show an objects motion
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| V-t graph | Graph of Velocity vs time. Slope is acceleration. (Area under the curve is displacement.)
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| [m] | the unit used with distance and displacement
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| [m/s] | the unit used with speed and velocity
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| [m/s^2] | the unit used with acceleration
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| [kg] | the unit used with mass
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| [s] | the unit used with time
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