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Vocabulary
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Speed Vs. Velocity
Formulas and Calculations
100
The location of a place or object
What is position
100
Speed ________ how fast position changes.
What is measures
100
The way that change in velocity can be found
What is Final velocity - Initial velocity
100
The measure of how fast something moves or the distance it moves in a given amount of time
What is Speed
100
Formula for Speed
What is Speed = Distance/Time
200
A location to which you compare other locations
What is a Reference Point
200
The two things you need to know in order to calculate speed
What is distance and time
200
A flat or horizontal line on a graph shows that there is this much speed
What is ZERO
200
Speed in a specific direction
What is Velocity
200
The unit of measure used to calculate speed
What is meters per second or m/s
300
Change of position over time
What is Motion
300
When you are calculating acceleration, what does it mean when you calculate a negative answer?
your object is SLOWING DOWN or DECELERATING
300
When velocity increases, acceleration will _______
What is Increase
300
A quantity that has both size and direction
What is a Vector
300
Formula for Distance
What is Distance = Speed X Time
400
The rate at which velocity changes with time is called
What is Acceleration
400
This is what you need to determine whether a statement is velocity or not
What is SPEED and specific DIRECTION
400
Acceleration refers to what kind of change in velocity
What is any change Ex. speeding up while hitting the gas or slowing down while hitting the brakes
400
Velocity includes _________ and _________.
What is speed and direction
400
Formula for Acceleration
What is Vf - Vi / t Final Velocity - Initial Velocity divided by time
500
An object in motion changes its
What is position
500
This measures how fast velocity changes
What is Acceleration
500
Velocity and acceleration are
What are Vectors
500
True or False: It is possible for two objects to have the same speed but different velocities.
True; velocity includes direction
500
Formula for Time
What is Time = Distance / Speed