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Physics Motion Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SPEED

THE DISTANCE AN OBJECT TRAVELS PER UNIT OF TIME
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AVERAGE SPEED
Overall rate of speed at which an object moves; calculated by dividing the total distance an object travels by the total time

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ACCELERATION

RATE AT WHICH VELOCITY CHANGES
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SLOPE
Steepness of a graph line; the ratio of the vertical change (the rise) to the horizontal change (the run)

INSTANTANEOUS SPEED

SPEED OF AN OBJECT AT ONE INSTANT OF TIME
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VELOCITY

SPEED IN A GIVEN DIRECTION
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