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Vocabulary

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Definition
Free Fall   downwards acceleration due to the force of gravity (-9.8m/s^2)  
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Mass   total matter (stuff) found within an object  
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Direction   can be positive (up, right, north, or east) or negative (down, left, south, or west)  
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Horizontal   right/east or left/west motion (x-axis)  
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Vertical   up/north or down/south motion (y-axis)  
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Components   two or more vectors (arrows)  
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Vector Addition   produces the resultant of a vector's components  
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Resultant   the sum of two or more vectors' components (displacement)  
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Displacement   an object's distance from its origin and its direction (a.k.a. position)  
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Origin   an object's starting point  
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Vector Diagram   model including a vector's components and resultant arrows  
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Plane   either the x- or y-axis  
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Parallel   vectors found within the same plane (1D), either both horizontal or both vertical  
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Perpendicular   vectors found in different planes (2D), one horizontal and the other vertical  
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Pythagorean Theorem   calculates the resultant of two perpendicular vectors (hypotenuse of a right triangle) a^2+b^2=c^2  
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Two-Dimensional Motion   objects moving both vertically (up/down) and horizontally (left/right)  
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Range   distance from where a projectile was launched to where it hits the ground  
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Projectile   object influenced only by gravity after it has been fired, thrown, launched, dropped, etc.  
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Height   vertical distance between the ground and a projectile's peak  
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Peak   highest point a projectile reaches above the ground  
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Air Resistance   drag force that is opposite of the direction a projectile moves through the air  
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Parabola   shape of an angled projectile's trajectory  
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Trajectory   path that a projectile travels through the air  
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Launch Angle   measured from the horizontal at the origin of a projectile's trajectory  
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Terminal Velocity   constant speed that a free falling object eventually reaches once the air resistance equals the force of gravity pulling it down  
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Scalar   has magnitude ONLY (ex: distance, speed, time, mass, etc.)  
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Vector   has magnitude AND direction (ex: position/displacement, velocity, acceleration, etc.)  
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Horizontal Projectile   object moving sideways while falling down  
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Distance   total change in an object's position  
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Vacuum   region of space without any air  
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Magnitude   size or amount (number)  
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