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18 Motion and Momentum

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speed   the distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel the distance  
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average speed   divide the total distance traveled by the time taken  
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instantaneous speed   the speed of an object at one instant of time  
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velocity   the speed of the object and the direction of its motion  
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acceleration   the change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur  
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mass   the amount of matter in the object  
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inertia   the tendency of an object to resist change in its motion  
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momentum   a measure of how hard it is to stop an object; depends on its mass and velocity  
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law of conservation of momentum   the total momentum of objects that collide is the same before and after the collision  
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