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Baylen Reid
Unit Two Vocab~ Physical Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a change in an object's position relative to a reference point | Motion |
| The length an object travels, measured in si units of meters | Distance |
| distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point | Displacement |
| distance an object travels per unit of time. | Speed |
| the speed and direction of a moving object | Velocity |
| it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved | Reference Point |
| a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction | Vector Quantity |
| a constant physical quantity which is expressed in single-number values, such as energy or temperature | Scalar Quantity |
| a speed that does not change. | Constant Speed |
| total distance an object travels divided by the total time it takes to travel that distance | Average Speed |
| Speed of an object at a given point in time; is constant for an object moving with constant speed and changeas with time for an opbject that is slowing down or speeding up. | Instantaneous Speed |
| Rate of change of velocity, can be calculated by dividing the change in the velocity by the time it takes the change to occur. | Acceleration |
| to slow down | Deceleration |