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Grade 8 Motion
Motion, Forces, and Energy Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| motion | when an object's distance from another object is changing |
| reference point | a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion |
| International System of Units (SI) | the number system based on the number ten |
| meter | the basic unit of length |
| speed | distance an object traveled in one unit of time; distance/time |
| constant speed | speed of an object that does not change |
| average speed | divide total distance traveled by the total time |
| velocity | speed in a given direction |
| plates | the upper layer of Earth that consists of more than a dozen pieces |
| theory of plate tectonics | Earth's plates move slowly in various directions |
| conversion factor | a fraction in which the numerator and denominator are equal |
| acceleration | the rate of which velocity changes |
| formula to calculate acceleration | final velocity -initial velocity/time |