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Chapter 11 vocab
Topics in Physical Scinece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The movement of an object toward the Earth due to gravity | free fall |
| The vector sum of to or more vectors | resultant vector |
| movement in relation to a frame of reference | relative motion |
| the length of a path between two points | distance |
| a quantity that has direction associated with it | vector |
| a graph in which the displayed data forrm a cured line | nonlinear graph |
| the speed and direction an ojects moving and measured relative to a reference point | velocity |
| calculated by takin the total distance traveled and dividing it by the time it takes to travel the distance | average speed |
| a graph in which the displayed data form a straight line | linear graph |
| the rate at wich velocity changes | acceleration |
| a system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another | frame of reference |
| the ratio of the distance an object moves to the amount of time the object moves | speed |