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physics h/v motion

Has the vocab for horizontal and vertical motion

TermDefinition
Horizontal motion Motion that happened side to side.
Distance The total amount of ground and object covers while moving no matter which direction it travels.
Displacement The straight line change in an object position from where it started to where ended including direction.
Speed How much distance in object travels in a certain amount of time.
Velocity How quickly an object changes position and a certain amount of time.
Average velocity An objects, total displacement divided by the time it took to move.
Acceleration How quickly an object of velocity changes by speeding up, slowing down or changing direction.
Constant velocity Motion at the same speed and in the same direction for the entire time.
Vertical motion Motion that happens straight up and down.
Free fall The motion of an object that is falling because gravity is the only force acting on it.
Gravity The force that pulls objects toward earth.
Accceleration due to gravity It’s just the constant downward object velocity caused by gravity about -9.81mls.
Air resistance Air Force from the air that pushes against a moving objects and makes it slow down.
Time of flight The total time and object is in the air from when it released or thrown until it lands
Vacuum A space with no air so objects moving there have no air resistance.
Terminal velocity The constant maximum speed, a following object reaches when air resistance balances, the force of gravity.
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