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Details Title: Semester Exam Description: everythang Total Flash Cards: 19 Created: 12/22/2004 18:01:26	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Velocity Definition Displacement per unit time Term Instantaneous velocity Definition Velocity at any one specific instant of time at any one specific point in the path Term Speed Definition Distance per unit time Term Distance Definition The stright line movement Term Displacement Definition A change in position in a particular direction Term Motion Definition A change in position relative to a fixed object Term Free Fall Definition The motion under the influence of the gravatational force only Term displacement of an object at rest Definition 0 meters Term acceleration due to gravity Definition free fall acceleration Term when there is no air resistance, objects of different masses Definition fall at equal acceleration with similar displacements Term which would hit the ground first in a vacum, a 100 ton weight or a feather Definition they would hit the ground at the same time Term which would fall with greater acceleration in a vacum, a leaf or a stone Definition they would fall at the same rate Term velocity has both Definition direction and unit Term speed is the magnitude of Definition velocity Term displacement is a Definition vector Term distance is a Definition scalar Term the slope on a position versus time graph is the Definition velocity Term the slope on a velocity verus time graph is Definition acceleration Term area under curve on a velocity versus time graph is Definition displacement