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Motion
Term | Definition |
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Acceleration | Equals the change in velocity divided by the time for the change to take place; occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or turns. |
Average Speed | Equals the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel the distance. |
Displacement | Includes the starting and ending points and direction in which you travel. |
Inertia | Tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion. |
Instantaneous Speed | The speed of an object at one instant of time. |
Law of Conservation of Momentum | States that the total momentum of objects that collide with each other is the same before and after the collision. |
Mass | Amount of matter in an object. |
Momentum | A measure of how difficult it is to stop a moving object; equals the product of mass and velocity. |
Speed | Equals the distance traveled divided by the time it takes to travel that distance. |
Velocity | Speed and direction of a moving object. |