Terms
Calculations
Slopes
Acceleration
Motion
100
Represented as a straight line on a position time graph.
What is uniform motion?
100
t = t final - t initial
What is time interval?
100
The meaning of an object with a zero slope on a position time graph.
What is the object is at rest?
100
Signs for up, north or right.
What is positive?
200
A quantity with both direction and magnitude.
What is a vector?
200
The average velocity of a cat that runs 20 m [N] in a time interval of 5.0 s.
What is 4.0 m/s [N] ?
200
The slope on a position time graph if the object is moving away from the point of origin.
What is a positive slope?
200
Dcceleration that is always opposite to the direction of motion
What is deceleration?
200
How much an object's position has changed.
What is displacement?
300
Examples of this quantity are distance and time.
What are scalar quantities?
300
Your change in velocity if you are driving a car at 50 km/h and then apply your brakes and slow down to 30 km/h.
What is - 20 km/h ?
300
The slope of an object moving left, south or west.
What is negative?
300
The units for acceleration.
What is m/s2?
300
The Greek symbol for difference or change.
What is delta (or small triangle)?
400
The magnitude of the velocity.
What is speed?
400
The number of seconds in an hour.
What is 3600 seconds?
400
The slope (or acceleration) of an object thats velocity is decreasing over time.
What is negative?
400
The value of acceleration due to gravity.
What is 9.8 m/s2?
400
A smooth curve or straight line that most closely fits the greatest number of data points on a graph.
What is a line of best fit?
500
The rate of change in velocity.
What is acceleration?
500
The distance a car is travels in 15.0 s while moving forward at 35.0 km/h.
What is 146m?
500
A zero slope on a velocity time graph.
What is constant velocity or zero acceleration?
500
The more common name for the accelerator pedal.
What is the gas pedal?
500
The meaning of the slope on a position time graph.
What is average velocity?
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