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Motion
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | Equals the change in velocity divided by the time for the change to take place; occurs when an object speeds up, slow down, or turns |
| Average Speed | Equals the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel the distance |
| Displacement | The distance between the starting and ending points and the 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 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 ow 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 |