Science Vocab ch 10

  1. The distance an object travels in unit of time.
    Speed
  2. Found by dividing the total distance traveled by the total time taken.
    td/tt
    Average Speed
  3. The speed of an object at one instant of time.
    Instantaneous Speed
  4. The speed of the object and the direction of its motion.
    Velocity
  5. The change in the velocity divided by the time it takes for the change occur.
    Accerleration
  6. the amount of matter in an object.
    Mass
  7. The tendency of an object ot resist a change in its motion is called.
    Inertia
  8. A measure of how hard it is to stop the object and it depends on the object's mass and velocity.
    Momentum
  9. The total momentum of a group of objects remains constant unless outside forces act on a the group.
    law of conservation of momentum
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