Motion

total path traveled by an object. (direction doesnt matter)

distance
Magnitude with no direction

scalar
What is speed? scalar? or a vector?

Scalar.
Quantity that has magnitude and direction

Vector
Change in velocity over time

acceleration
Is accleration a vector or scalar?

vector
Acceleration can be..

speeding up, slowing down, or turning
free fall?

9.8
During free fall..

there is no air resistance upon that object
An object being pushed up..

can still be considered to be freefall because gravity is still acting on it.
a ball being thrown up into the air is an example of what?

freefall
Is velocity a scalar or vector?

vector
Location of an object relative to a reference point

position
Change in position

displacement
Is displacement a vector or scalar?

vector
the velocity mesaured during a very short time

instaneous velocity
If there is no force acting on an object what stays the same?

It's velocity

Author

LaurenCamp29

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Motion

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science

Updated

2012-06-05T22:54:56Z

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