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Chapter10: Motion
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Science
8th Grade
12/28/2011

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Position

Definition
a place or an object is the location of that place or object.
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Reference Point

Definition
You can desribe where Santiago,Chile is from the reference point of the city Brasilia,Brazil,by saying by saying that Santiago is about 3000 kilometer (1860mi)southwest of Brastilia. 
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Motion

Definition
the change of position over time. 
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Speed 

Definition
 a measure of how fast something moves or the distance it moves,in a given amount of time.
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Velcocity 

Definition
 a speed in a specific direction.
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Vector

Definition
 quantity that has both size and direction.
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Acceleration 

Definition
 a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing.
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