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Motion
For use to study motion, speed, distance, acceleration and more..
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Biology
10th Grade
03/17/2014

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Motion
Definition
Motion is an object's change in position relative to a reference point.
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Frame of reference
Definition
A system for specifying the precise location of objects in space and time.
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Displacement
Definition
The change in position of an object.
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Speed
Definition
The distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occured.
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Velocity
Definition
The speed of an object in a particular direction.
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Acceleration
Definition
The rate at which velocity changes over time, an object accelerates if its speed, direction, or both change.
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Force
Definition
An action exerted on a body in order to change the body's state of rest or motion; force has magnitude and direction.
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Friction
Definition
A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact.
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Static friction
Definition
The force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces that are in contact and at rest.
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Kinectic friction
Definition
The energy of an object that is due to the object's motion.
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