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| the study of matter and energy and their relationships |
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| built the first telescope and invented the scientific method; father of modern experimental science |
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| method of observing, experimenting, and analyzing |
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| system internationale d'unites; international standards of measurement adapted from the metric system |
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| the seven fundamental SI units of measure |
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| unit of quantity that is a combination of base units |
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| a set of standards of measurement where units of different sizes are related by powers of 10 |
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| length, mass, time, temperature, amount of a substance, electric current, and luminous intensity |
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| often called the language of physics |
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| the degree of exactness with which a quantity is measured using a given instrument |
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| how well the results of an experiment agree with the measured and accepted value |
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| the apparent shift in position of an object when it is seen from different angles |
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| the ratio of vertical change to horizontal change in a graph |
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| a tool for the study of motion that uses a series of images to show the position of a moving object after equal time intervals |
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| a simplified version of a motion diagram in which the object in motion is replaced by a series of single points |
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| shows origin and direction |
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| the point in a coordinate systems in which the variables have a zero value |
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| the arrow on a motion diagram that's drawn from the origin to the moving object |
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| quantity that has only magnitude |
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| quantity that has both magnitude and direction |
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| the vector quantity that defines the distance and direction between 2 positions |
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| (^t) difference in time between 2 clock readings |
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| the ratio of change of position to the time interval during which that change occurred |
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| the change in average velocity divided by time |
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| the expression of numbers as powers of 10 |
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