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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| speed | rate of change of position |
| average speed | found by dividing total distance traveled by time taken |
| instantaneous speed | speed of an object at one instant of time |
| velocity | speed and direction of a moving object |
| inertia | tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion |
| momentum | how difficult it is to stop a moving object |
| law of conservation of momentum | total momentum of objects that collide doesn't change after the collision |
| chemical change | produces chemical change, results in new substances |
| reactant | substances that begin before a chemical reaction begins |
| product | substances that form as a result of a chemical reaction |
| exothermic reaction | chemical reaction in which heat energy is released |
| enzyme | large protein molecules that speed up or slow down reactions, needed for your cells to work properly |
| troposphere | atmospheric layer closest to earth, contains most weather and clouds |
| stratosphere | located above the troposphere |
| mesosphere | located above the stratosphere |
| thermosphere | located above the mesosphere |
| ionosphere | part of the thermosphere and mesosphere, reflects AM radio waves |