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Chapter 9
Motion
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Refrence point | a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion |
| motion | If its distance from another object is changing |
| International System of Units | Same mesurement so that scientist can communicate clearly. |
| Speed | distance the object travels per unit of time |
| Average Speed | divide the total distance traveled by the total time. |
| Instaneuos speed | the rate at which an object is moving at a given instatn in time. |
| Velocity | Speed in a given direction |
| Slope | The steepness of a line on a graph. |
| Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes. |