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Chapter 10
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Speed | It is the distance an object travels in a unit of time. |
| Average speed | found by dividing the total distance traveled by the total time taken. |
| Instantaneous speed | The speed of an object at one instant. |
| Velocity | Speed of an object and the direction of its motion. |
| Acceleration | Change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur. |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion. |
| Momentum | A measure of how hard it is to stop an object, it all depends on mass and velocity. |
| Law of conservation of momentum | The total momentum of a group of objects remains constant unless outside forces act on the group. |
| Meter | SI unit of distance. |
| Kilogram | SI unit of mass. |
| Triple-beam balance | Scientific instrument used to measure mass precisely by comparing the mass of a sample to known masses. |