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chapter 4 vocabulary terms

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Acceleration   Is the rate of change in the speed of an object.  
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free fall   an object is in free fall if it is moving under the influence of gravity.  
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accceleration due to gravity   the acceleration of 9.8 m/sec^2 is important it is given its own name and symbol  
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time of flight   if a problem asks for the time of flight remember that an object takes the same time goiing up as it takes coming down.  
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air resistance   air resistance is so small it may be neglected  
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terminal speed   the maximum speed at which an object falls when limited by air friction  
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slope   slope of a graph is equal to the ratio of rise to run  
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delta   translates to the change in  
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constant acceleration   has the same speed that changes by the same amount every sec  
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uniform acceleration   motion with constant acceleration appears as a sloped straight line on a speed versus time graph  
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term   a piece of an equation  
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initial speed   the first term of the formula is the speed the object starts with  
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