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Motion,Forces, Energy
Chapter 1
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6th Grade
12/07/2007

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Term
motion
Definition
a change in position or moving from one place to another in a certain amount of time
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Reference Point or Frame of Reference
Definition
an object or background object from which movement is campared
Term
Meter
Definition

basic SI unit of Length

Km,meter, cm,mm

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Speed
Definition

. the rate at which an object moves

. measured by distance and time

. units of speed are m/sec, km/hr, mph

Term
Speed formula
Definition

divide the distance it traveled by the time it took to travel that distance

 

speed= distance

            time

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Constant speed
Definition
speed that does not change
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Distance Time Graph for contant speed is
Definition
a straight line
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Slope
Definition
the steeper the slope, the faster the speed
Term
Average speed
Definition

. the speed of a moving object is not always the same

. divide the total distance by the total  time

 

. average speed = total distance

                                time

Term
velocities of the same direction are combined by
Definition
adding together
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velocities of opposite direction  are combined by
Definition
subtracting
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velocity formula
Definition

 

 

velocity = distance

             time

 

with direction

Term
acceleration
Definition

a rate of change in velocity

or

the change in speed (up or down) and its direction during a given period of time

Term
deceleration
Definition

a decrease  in velocity

or

 slowing down

 

. can be called negative acceleration

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circular motion
Definition

velocity that is always changing because the

direction is always changing

Term
acceleration formula
Definition

final velocity - original velocity

time

Term
acceleration is measured in
Definition

 

m/sec divided by sec

 

labeled as m/sec/sec or m/sec2

Term

graphing acceleration - a distance - time graph is always

Definition
a curve
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