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| A quantity divided by time is rate. |
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| What three quantities are used to describe motion? |
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| Velocity, speed, and acceleration. |
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| What is meant by motion is relative? |
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| Everything moves with respect to the sun and the stars. |
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| A measure of how fast something is moving. |
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| What does the word per mean? |
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| What are the primary units for velocity used in this class? |
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| What is instantaneous speed? |
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| The speed at any instant. |
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| What is total distance covered? |
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| The entire number of miles covered during a trip. |
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| What is occurring when an object moves at a constant speed? |
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| The object never changes speed. |
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| What does constant velocity mean? |
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| Motion with no change in speed or direction. |
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| The rate at which velocity is changing. |
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| In what three ways can velocity be changes? |
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| Change is speed, change in direction, change of both speed and direction. |
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