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Chapter 11 Vocab
Chapter 11 vocabulary, Physical Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frame of Reference | A system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another |
| Relative motion | Movement in relation to a frame of reference |
| distance | The length of the path between two points |
| vector | A quantity that has magnitude and direction |
| resultant vector | the vector sum of two or more vectors |
| speed | the ratio of distance an object moves to the amount of time the object moves |
| average speed | how fast something moved the entire trip |
| instantaneous speed | the rate that an object is moving at a given moment of time |
| velocity | the speed and time that an object is moving in |
| Acceleration | the rate at which a velocity changes |
| free fall | acceleration due to a change in speed |
| constant acceleration | a steady change in velocity |
| linear graph | the displayed data forms straight line parts |
| nonlinear graph | accelerated motion represented by a curved line on a distance-time graph |