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Motion
Speed
Velocity
Vectors
Acceleration
100
Easiest type of motion to describe
What is linear motion
100
Speed is a ratio of
What is distance to time
100
What greek letter is used in velocity calculations and what does it mean?
What is delta, "change in"
100
What 2 factors do vectors represent and how do they represent them?
What is magnitude (length) and direction (orientation)
100
Acceleration is:
What is time rate change of velocity
200
Object used to determine motion has occurred
What is reference point
200
The graph of constant speed
What is a straight line
200
Total displacement divided by total elapsed time is
What is average velocity
200
One of 2 or more vectors acting at a single point.
What is component vector
200
Magnitude of acceleration depends on:
What is the force causing the acceleration
300
A change in position in a particular direction
What is displacement
300
Found by dividing total distance traveled by total elapsed time
What is average speed
300
A straight line on a graph of displacement in meters vs time in seconds represents
What is constant velocity
300
Two types of motion that are vectors.
What is velocity and acceleration
300
How is an object traveling with a constant speed of 450 mph accelerating?
What is changing direction
400
Regardless of actual pathway, displacement is always a
What is straight line
400
Determination of speed for a randomly chosen interval gives the same value as other intervals means it is
What is constant speed
400
Velocity is:
What is speed in a particular direction
400
If a plane is flying at 250 mph west and a wind of 45 mph is blowing from west to east, what is the velocity of the plane?
What is speed 205 mph West
400
For freely falling bodies, distance and velocity directed upward are
What is negative
500
By comparing displacement of one object to another one can detect
What is relative motion
500
Speed is described completely in terms of magnitude so it is a:
What is scalar
500
Does a plane on the Red Eye from New York to LA traveling 300 mph have the same velocity as a plane from LA to New York traveling 300 mph? Explain.
What is NO - different directions
500
A single vector that has the same effect as two or more other vectors acting from a single point.
What is resultant vector
500
If a penny is thrown upward and it takes 3 seconds to reach the peak of the throw, what is the total time of the trip?
What is 6 seconds