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Force and Motion
6th Grade Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| position | an object's location |
| motion | the act of changing position |
| displacement | the change of position of an object |
| distance | the magnitude of the change of position |
| initial position | an object's starting position |
| final position | an object's ending position |
| speed | how fast something travels; the distance traveled in a unit of time |
| time interval | how long it takes something to happen |
| unit | distance per unit time, such as kilometers per hour or meters per second |
| velocity | the speed of something in a given direction |
| acceleration | a change of velocity over time |